From Obesity to Chronique Fatigue Syndrome, Jihadism to Urban Ennui, the Costs of Civilization are Becoming Ever More Apparent. Spencer Wells Explores Adapting to a World Where Accelerating Change is the New Status Quo.

From Spencer Wells, SEED Magazine

During my work as a geneticist and anthropologist I’ve been lucky enough to work with people around the world, ranging from senior politicians and the heads of major corporations to hunter-gatherer tribesmen eking out a precarious existence in remote wilderness locations. What has struck me over and over again is the huge amount of change taking place in the world today, regardless of where one lives. Some of this change is good, such as the overall decrease in poverty during the course of my lifetime, or the drop in the birthrate in developing countries. Other things, though, like 9/11 and the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, have not been so welcome though.

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