Rebecca Costa is a sociobiologist who offers a genetic explanation for current events, emerging trends and individual behavior. Costa’s book The Watchman’s Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction examines[…]
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What happens when the complexity and magnitude of the problems facing our civilization “simply exceed our biological capabilities”? Sociobiologist Rebecca Costa argues this has triggered the demise “of every advanced civilization. But we now possess the cognitive tools to survive.
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