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Social isolation, technology, and environmental changes are responsible for many of today’s mental health problems including depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Historical research suggests that humans perform better in communities and are not meant to go it alone. To discover the impact of social networks on human evolutionary history, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with evolutionary anthropologist, Dr. David Samson. David introduces the key findings from his book, Our Tribal Future: How to Channel Our Foundational Human Instincts into a Force for Good. He offers historical examples and six core reasons why face-to-face social networks and community interactions increase mental well-being, happiness, and purpose.

Dr. David Samson — Tribe Drive:

• The science of tribalism as depicted in a 100-minute ’human’ movie. {2:35}
• David explains evolutionary mismatch and shares examples of how it affects humans and insects. {7:32}
• Statistics of social isolation and how damaging it is to humans. {11:13}
• The six reasons social connection increases well-being and happiness from his book, Our Tribal Future. {20:43}
• David unpacks the social aspects of the Roseto mystery. {25:13}

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About Lisa’s guest:

Dr David Samson is an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of Toronto. He has studied wild chimpanzees in their natural habitat and worked closely with hunter-gatherer communities. In his new book "Our Tribal Future" he explores the evolved instinct to belong to a tribe, and how we can best channel this instinct in the 21st century.

“Technology contributes both toward the advancement of society and then we are shooting ourselves in the foot." - Lisa Cypers Kamen

This episode is #2 of 9 on our flagship podcast. Find nine More Mental Fitness by Harvesting Happiness bonus sessions available exclusively on Substack and Medium.

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