Read this brilliant article by Richard Lewontin on the evolution of human cognition right now

Download, print, whatever—it’s a PDF. It’s also one of the finest scientific articles I’ve ever read, and what’s more, it’s purposely written for an educated lay audience. Not even all that educated—in evolution, I mean: Lewontin explains everything you need to know to follow his almost entirely jargon-free argument on why there are some questions we will very likely never answer.

You will learn more about really-existing evolutionary theory from this article than almost anything else, of any length. Yes, it’s that good. As is anything by this massively undersung intellect—one of the finest of our or any other age.

Here’s a ton more for your listening and viewing pleasure; my blurb from the playlist:

In a more just world, it'd be this Richard (not Dawkins) who was a household name. Oh, well. Harder to “sell” complexity and nuance, I guess. Watch, though, cuz homeboy can really drop science like Galileo dropped the orange.

I’m sure that’s the encomium Lewontin’s been waiting for all his life.