Consumerism and evolutionary fitness - Geoffrey Miller
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Uploaded by abcradionational on Jul 2, 2009
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast
Have you spent your $900 stimulus money from the government yet? The stimulus packages have certainly given the retail spending figures a boost, up 1% in May after a 0.3% increase in April and a 2.2% increase in March.
But just what did you buy? Geoffrey Miller is an evolutionary psychologist and says it was probably something which was a waste of time, energy and money. He argues that too many of our consumer choices are prompted by the desire not to feel good so much as to look good, in an effort to display our superior intelligence, personality and evolutionary fitness to those around us.
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@the42degrees UNLESS THEY'RE PORNO MOVIES.
PeeGeeBeeDee 2 months ago
(Not serious about the serial killer thing)
Great interview. His books are brilliant.
Iambecome 7 months ago
I've been reading Geoffrey's books and papers for a long time now, neat to see him interviewed.
dan46and2 8 months ago
Underappreciated, well and truly and ahead of his time, which has surely come.
Rhettsplaylist 9 months ago
@PeeGeeBeeDee I don't know what you mean. What do you mean?
rooley 1 year ago
@the42degrees I DON'T WATCH MOVIES.
PeeGeeBeeDee 1 year ago
i'm looking forward to reading spent. the mating mind was eye-opening! i highly recommend it.
@PeeGeeBeeDee his voice and appearance reminds me of sebastian in cruel intentions...
the42degrees 1 year ago
Spent is a very funny book. It's the human comedy from a scientific point of view.
mateo3470 1 year ago
@ElNinoBaudelaire
Yes! Humility is probably one of the most underrated traits.
mateo3470 1 year ago
@Iambecome He does. He's a little too smooth, a bit like you'd expect from a psychopath. But also like what you'd expect of a genius, which is what he is in my opinion.
rooley 1 year ago