Archive - The Nature & Nurture Newsletter

Allied with Responsible Citizens

Reflections from the 2025 Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference.

Mar 24 •

August 2024

Are LGBTQ+ populations actually growing?

Where, by what metrics, and by what scale?

Aug 25, 2024 •

Etiology of Sexual Orientation

Why are LBGT population rates changing with time?

Aug 19, 2024 •

November 2023

Musings on Productivity and Sex Differentiation

(That sounds as if I’m about to comment on sex differences in productivity.

Nov 8, 2023 •

August 2023

The Neuroscience of Narrative

A reunion with Jonas Kaplan, my first guest on the Nature & Nurture Podcast

Aug 5, 2023 •

July 2023

Evolution, Language, and Morality

Jul 26, 2023 •

A Computational Tool Applied to Cognitive Toolkits

I’m trying out an AI program that will auto-generate podcast transcripts, timestamps, and summaries for me.

Jul 22, 2023 •

June 2023

Sociostasis & Social Harmony

In the next few posts I will be exploring the concept of sociostasis: the social analogue to biological homeostasis.

Jun 12, 2023 •

May 2023

Two Special Podcasts

Last week I released my 100th episode of the Nature & Nurture Podcast.

May 18, 2023 •

April 2023

Tickling Rats in the Name of Science

What the neuroscience of play teaches us about the evolution of morality.

Apr 15, 2023 •

Society from Ants to Humans

This week on the Nature & Nurture Podcast I interview Dr.

Apr 11, 2023 •

March 2023

Being Moved by Love

The mysterious emotion of kama muta

Mar 4, 2023 •

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