We have "cartesian blinders being put on us so that we are trying to make sense out of scraps of information and hints." - @bretweinstein

WEINSTEIN: I mean, even if you have your villains who are engaged in the behavior that motivated this war in Iran, even if that's the story, presumably most of the people in the path of these ferocious bombings that he is describing are not deserving of going back to the Stone Age.

In fact, I distinctly remember him telling us that part of what we were up to was liberating the people of Iran from their tyrannical regime.

So if it's the tyrannical regime that justifies the ferocious bombing, then it's a tragedy that other people are going to be sent back to the Stone Ages with them. Right?

HEYING: It's it's not a narrative. It's an incoherent set of talking points.

WEINSTEIN: Yeah, it's a kind of cheerleading that is completely inappropriate from the perspective of the president.

Bret Weinstein discusses the Trump administrations "back to the stone age" recent remarks in the latest episode of The Evolutionary Lens, Episode 320 "Are we back in the stone age?" on DarkHorse.

Bret Weinstein explains, "If you stop businesses from starting here, and if you drive people so that they move elsewhere—even though it's difficult to do—then the point is the tax base dries up, which then forces you to become even more predatory for the people who stayed.

And that's really the thing, right? They're setting themselves up so that they have to go after more and more people, because the people who are starting new businesses are not going to do it here."

Vasectomy: Yes or No

I am married, in my mid 30s, with two children and one on the way. The most recent pregnancy was not planned, but the result of a failed prophylactic during intercourse. We had planned to have a third, just not quite yet.

I am now looking at having a vasectomy after the birth, assuming all goes well. But I have been a long time fan and follower of the Dark Horse, and read HGG. Looking at all major life choice through the evolutionary biology lens has helped guide me, but in this situation, I'm not sure what is best.

I think its great and important to continue an intimate relationship with my wife, but I don't want to spend the next 20 or so years (give or take) worried about conceiving again. The procedure also has rare, but serious complications.

What is best from an evolutionary biology point of view?

Bret and Heather discuss the time-traveling money printer in its newest instantiation: Trump’s monetization of Truth Social, wherein you pay to get a microsecond advantage in the market. Like so many before him, he’s becoming wealthy without generating wealth. But a president should be working to generate wealth for his country, and its citizens.

Then: discussion of risk, exploration and frontiers in the context of Pa Ingalls and the Little House on the Prairie series, the fearful response to such things by many women, and the motorcycle accident that their son Toby was just in. (He will be okay.)

Locals: https://darkhorse.locals.com/post/8086351/the-335th-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-QfBBmFTtM

Rumble: https://rumble.com/v7d3ska-the-335th-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying.html

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2cr3jZuq5YWe1RDllh4dzU?si=guij2e4oRR6CTIGZxYijkw

Apple: ...