History of Diet & Food, Population Density & Social Stability, Psychological Pandemics, Physical & Mental Health in Civilizational Cycles | Rudyard Lynch | IS #2

Special episode: Episodes in the Independent Scholars (IS) series are available in full to paid subscribers on the M&M Substack. This is a free, partial version.

About the guest: Rudyard Lynch is a history and anthropology scholar and host of the popular YouTube channel, whatifalthist.

Episode summary: Nick and Rudyard discuss: history of agriculture, diet & food; population density, social structure, and social behavior; the rise and fall of civilizations; history and future of religion & spirituality; and more.

Related episodes:

• Organisms, Cities, Companies & the Science of Scale | Geoffrey West | #12

• Psychedelics, Civilization, Religion, Death & Plant Medicine | Brian Muraresku | #1

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