People from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) "societies are psychologically different from most of the world, and from most humans throughout history." (Robert Henderson) The author, Joseph Henrich, an anthropologist at Harvard, "explains just how different Westerners are" (Ian Morris) and “has thought more deeply about cultural evolution than anybody alive." (Matt Ridley) "The modern West owes its prosperity to strange ways of thinking, created by accident centuries before the European Enlightenment." (Joshua Greene)

Please bring a question to ask others about the book, to help illuminate their response(s) to it. And a book title or two to suggest for a future meeting.

See the book on [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/WEIRDest-People-World-Psychologically-Particularly/dp/1250800072/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1T7X33WD2OBVW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.psX86vTO61p9cfNLzUTRMyrPceN6pvdiJOOqBarepgx07wWqcLA2RfX0c9f6PwMhxYQIrkYSmTigwpMoOHl0VVlyBY2KXlmaYx6cm5yL-hWmpUvy2GdvtLus-bAgOUnnNrmvNVqONjaOD4SUMP09-Q.u5f-_B6h201cX6jYKZzgbMmKZV2MYR6HofxXE5C_7Jc&dib_tag=se&keywords=weirdest+people+in+the+world+henrich&qid=1711240552&s=books&sprefix=weirdest+%2Cstripbooks%2C106&sr=1-1), or watch [him giving a talk about the book](https://youtu.be/XIoaPdA2jbc?si=cfeB3ke1ImwS1m6u).

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