The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich | Book Club

Full Title: The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter

Book was suggested by: Brandon W.

Pages to read: 340
ISBN: 9780691166858 (Originally listed edition & edition I am using)

While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest the book?
•What is culture?
•What is a cultural species?
•What is cultural evolution?
•How did humans self-domesticate themselves?
•Do humans use instinctual ability or individual capacity to survive?
•What information does culture possess?
•Why is culture referenced as being usually smarter than the individual?
•From whom do people learn?
•Why can culture have information loss?
•How can culture overcome information loss?
•How did culture and genes coevolve?
•What is prestige status?
•What is dominance status?
•How is cultural learning different from social learning?
•What are some marriage norms and how are they enforced?
•How did complex communicative tools develop?
•How do social norms spread to other groups?
•Are there harmful consequences to social norms?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.

Eugene's review of the book:
https://www.inquiryreviews.com/2022/10/review-of-secret-of-our-success-how.html

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