Hidden Forces
Description
In Episode 44, host Demetri Kofinas speaks with Sam Walker about how our love affair with athletic performance is about more than just competition and rivalry.
Humans naturally gravitate towards sports. Society’s focus on athletic performance offers us a glimpse at millions of years of evolution – at the impulses and urges of our ancestors. Here, Sam Walker discusses what sports reveal about the traits we value and the evolutionary forces that shape team selection.