The Evolution Gap — Blog

Exploring evolutionary mismatch, human biology, and the gap between the world we evolved for and the one we live in.

April 21, 2026

The Evolution of Food Noise

Why almost everyone has low-grade multiple personality disorder when it comes to food.

Read more →

March 24, 2026

Why Stopping Is So Hard

(And Why It Was Never Supposed to Be Easy)

Read more →

March 3, 2026

THE EVOLUTION OF FEAR

Why your nervous system can’t tell a predator from a push notification

Read more →

February 25, 2026

The Evolution of Narcissism

A Field Guide to Narcissism in an Age of Civilization and Algorithms

Read more →

February 22, 2026

The Evolution of Obesity

Why Calories-In-Calories-Out Is Both True—and Deeply Misleading

Read more →

December 19, 2025

The Evolution of Bad Habits

And Why They’re Easy to Make—and So Damn Hard to Break

Read more →

December 4, 2025

Is the End Near for Big Food?

A Turning Point in Public Health — And a Moment Decades in the Making

Read more →

October 20, 2025

The Evolution of Hunger

Why You Can’t Trust Your Hunger Anymore—And What To Do About It

Read more →

October 15, 2025

AI Can Save Us From Disease

But can it save us from ourselves?

Read more →

October 12, 2025

The Evolution of Captivity

Safety, security, and certainty are not always safe, secure, or certain. Sometimes, they are a trap.

Read more →

September 29, 2025

Tylenol, Vaccines, Autism and Evolutionary Mismatch

Are We Asking the Wrong Questions?

Read more →

September 25, 2025

The Evolution of Health Optimization (Peptides)

What are peptides and do they keep their promises?

Read more →

September 22, 2025

The Evolution of Free Speech

What Free Speech Is and What It Isn’t

Read more →

September 15, 2025

What would you ask the bushman?

Fascinating questions for the Hadza from around the world...

Read more →

September 10, 2025

What is Nature Deprivation Syndrome and do you have it?

Nature Deprivation Syndrome is real. And it’s likely affecting you more than you think.

Read more →

September 6, 2025

The Evolution of Social Etiquette

Who and How You Should Be and Why...

Read more →

July 30, 2025

The Evolution of Money: From Shells to Satoshis

Why your brain wasn’t built for modern finance—and what we can do about it.

Read more →

July 10, 2025

And Now Keto's Mental Health Claims

Keto Promises Many Cures — and Now Even Mental Health?

Read more →

June 22, 2025

Are People Blind to the GLP-1 Weight Loss Opportunity?

(Or, are they risking blindness by taking these drugs?)

Read more →

June 7, 2025

Why So Much Suffering in the Best Time to Be Alive?

Welcome to The Evolution Gap—The place for those who suspect modern life isn't working the way it should.

Read more →