S1E46 The Evolution of Economics

Our Lives Matter

Dec 20 2024 | 00:36:06

00:00 / 00:36:06

Show Notes

Classical economics treats money as if it’s the foundation of economic systems. But that doesn’t explain why people want things in life that money can’t buy. Environmental economics is the study of how organisms try to get energy and resources they need to live and that they can use to grow and reproduce. Human economics is a subset of environmental economics, where we all try to get the things we need to live and prosper. Money is a very complex social development that’s built up around a simple technological development. The real value of money comes from an interaction…

Other Episodes

Episode 32

July 04, 2024 • 00:22:52

Our Lives Matter S1E32: Privilege versus Adaptation

People always use their abilities and ideas in their environments to pursue what they value in life, and they think of more ideas in...

Episode 13

February 22, 2024 • 00:24:55

Our Lives Matter S1E13: The Three First Principles of Evolutionary Psychology

Our story has led us from philosophy to math to physics to chemistry to biology to the origin of our species and the evolution...

Episode 4

December 21, 2023 • 00:18:17

Our Lives Matter S1E04: The Evolution of Intelligence and Religion

Archeology shows us a lot about the origin of religion. History and current events tell us a lot about where religions went from there. ...