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Swarm
Mark Moffett
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Mark Moffett
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This book by Mark Moffett came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Isabel Behncke. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“he published a book called swarm it's basically about human societies and he makes this wonderful point that in many respects the dynamics of ants inform us”— Isabel Behncke
The guest here is Isabel Behncke: Chilean field primatologist and applied evolutionary ethologist who followed wild bonobos in the Congo for months; TED Fellow, Grueter Institute senior fellow, holds degrees from UCL, Cambridge, and Oxford, and advises the Chilean government on science and innovation strategy. Primatologist Isabel Behncke on wild bonobos, the evolution of play, niche construction, and what their playful societies teach humans about time, risk, and connection.
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