Today’s episode is for anyone who has ever had to justify why they love or play RPGs. 

About ten years ago, writer and publisher Steven Parton and I met at a party and talked about the future of the world that we might be living in. Steve and I were both Transhumanists, people interested in the study of technology and its effect on society and human evolution. Ten years later, the future looks very different than we thought it might, but we have remained friends. And recently, I discovered we both share another love: Dungeons & Dragons.

Steve is currently writing a book about human evolution and as we started to talk about his book, we realized that there is something about RPGs that is important to human evolution. Join us as we delve into that and discover how playing RPGs could be benefiting you, psychologically.

Steve’s work, including more podcasts about human evolution and society, can be found at his website: https://www.curiousapes.com/