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Joseph Henrich
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Joseph Henrich — Humans defeated smarter species with cultural evolution
Population size and interconnectedness, rather than individual intelligence, powered human expansion: Neanderthals had larger brains, while the Inuit spread with a package of institutions and technology that preserved cumulative knowledge.The same collective-brain mechanism links bishopric arrival to migration, creative output, and European patents, but AI could weaken innovation if copied minds become too homogeneous and lose serendipity, errors, and external shocks.