29 Aug 21 Do we have our taste for alcohol to thank for civilization?
Do we have our taste for alcohol to thank for civilization?
According to Edward Slingerland’s new book, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization, the answer to this question is a resounding yes. Slingerland, a professor at the University of British Columbia and self-proclaimed “philosophical hedonist”, says that far from being an evolutionary fluke, our taste for alcohol is an evolutionary advantage […]