Episode
Alison Gopnik on Child Development, Elderhood, Caregiving, and A.I.
COMPLEXITY · Jan 11, 2023 · 1 h 08 min
Humans have an unusually long childhood — and an unusually long elderhood past the age of reproductive activity. Why do we spend so much time playing and exploring, caregiving and reflecting, learning and transmitting? What were the evolutionary circumstances that led to our unique life history among the primates? What use is the undisciplined child brain with its tendencies to drift, scatter…