What David Reich thinks about courage

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Geneticist at Harvard Medical School, whose laboratory studies human history and biological change through ancient DNA.

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1. 8 May 2026

   Our readingA society that intensely values intelligence is unprecedented in human history; the Bible, Homer and other ancient texts value strength, courage and beauty instead.

   Their wordsFirst of all, I think we are speaking from the point of view of a society which intensely values this particular trait, you know, ability to score well on IQ tests or things like them or to go to school for a long time or whatever it is. And I think this is unprecedented in human history that we live in a time like this.

   ↗David Reich – Bronze Age shock, the Neanderthal puzzle, & the sudden spread of farmingyoutube.com 11th of 26 in this recording