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Drunk
This episode explores how human intoxication, far from being a mere vice, has played a crucial, often beneficial, role in our social evolution, creativity, and search for meaning.
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“This episode explores how human intoxication, far from being a mere vice, has played a crucial, often beneficial, role in our social evolution, creativity, and search for meaning.”
— Edward Slingerland, Drunk
Evolution, culture, altered states, social bonding
If you've ever felt conflicted about humanity's enduring draw to altered states, this will feel familiar a richer, more empathetic understanding of a deeply human impulse.
Edward Slingerland, a professor of philosophy and psychology, brings a unique interdisciplinary lens to human behavior, revealing the deep evolutionary and cultural roots behind our most complex impulses, often drawing surprising connections between ancient practices and modern science.