Ill-Fated Interview Part I
Of all the interviewers I've spoken with in the past year, none was more thorough and professional than Mark Leviton. But his in-depth interview got spiked by the magazine that commissioned it. So here...
View ArticleIll-Fated Interview Part II
Part 2, of 6, of the most in-depth interview I've given about Sex at Dawn.read more
View ArticleIll-Fated Interview Part III
Part 3, of 6, of the most in-depth interview I've given about Sex at Dawn.read more
View ArticleIll-Fated Interview Part IV
The fourth part (of six) of the most in-depth interview I've given about Sex at Dawn.read more
View ArticleIll-Fated Interview Part V
The fifth part of the most in-depth interview I've done about Sex at Dawn.read more
View ArticleIll-Fated Interview Part VI
The last part of the most in-depth interview I've given about Sex at Dawn.read more
View ArticleMy Big Think Interview
The first installment of my Big Think interview from a few weeks ago. This one's mostly about how relevant chimps and bonobos may be to human sexual evolution.read more
View ArticleChildcare, Testosterone, and the Marital Industrial Complex
Men's testosterone levels drop when they spend time with kids. Does that mean we're evolved for marriage or that we're evolved to love and protect kids—anyone's kids?read more
View ArticleSex at Dawn Near You
I'll be on a speaking tour in the US and Vancouver. Come say hello if you can.read more
View ArticleHave a Merry, Trippy Christmas
The entire trajectory of emotional and intellectual growth in the Western mind seems to be a movement away from mystery, while indigenous people tend to see themselves moving ever closer to realms of...
View ArticleWhat Rick Santorum Doesn’t Know About Sex
Santorum is on to something when he says that sex “keeps civilization going.” But he’s wrong to credit only heterosexual reproductive sex.read more
View Article"Open Marriage" Hits the Mainstream
The New York Times asked us to chime in on the "open marriage" discussion provoked by Newt's ex.read more
View ArticleBeing Dexter Morgan
Both "Dexter," the program, and Dexter, the character challenge us to join in, if we dare, for a journey along the razor's edge separating the cleansing execution of moral justice from the sticky evil...
View Article7 Things Bonobos Can Teach Us About Love and Sex
We've known for some time that bonobos (previously known as "pygmy chimpanzees") are among the most sexual of all living animals—besides of course, humans. Frans de Waal dubbed them the "make love, not...
View ArticleWatch Me Yammering on The Point
My recent appearance on The Point, discussing current events (including slut shaming in politics).read more
View ArticleBeing Pirahã Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
The Pirahã have no words for "I'm sorry." They can say, "I was bad," or some such, but do so rarely. The way to express penitence is not by words but by actions.read more
View ArticleHere Comes the Future of War
If I'm right about the near-future of war, our current drift will accelerate and take us right over the falls into a whole new world any day now.read more
View ArticleMissing the Point on Prostitution
Sex is legal, and selling stuff is legal, so how can it be illegal to sell sex?read more
View ArticleIgnoring Evil for Dummies
People keep repeating their disbelief that anyone—especially Saint Joe Paterno—could have ignored the evil going on around him. This disbelief ignores the fact that human beings are spectacularly,...
View ArticleWhy is Sex Such a Problem?
Watch me try to convince a skeptical TED audience in Vancouver that our ancestors engaged in frequent sperm competition. Tough room!read more
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