# human intelligence (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover human intelligence. Page: Feed: --- ## [Deep Dive: 1 Million-Year-Old Human Skull Found](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/deep-dive-1-million-year-old-human) _2026-08-22 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ Exploring recent papers on the 1 million year old skull found in China [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211875712/c4a28d04086d15d60206bea5b2c88df6.mp3) ## [Deep Dive: How Old Is Human Intelligence?](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/deep-dive-how-old-is-human-intelligence) _2026-08-19 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ Exploring some recent papers that radically change our understanding of human intelligence [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211864786/b7254d72a5e198ef9c871d533f26b25f.mp3) ## [#10 Rome's Money Killed 7,000 of Its Own Soldiers](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/10-romes-money-killed-7000-of-its) _2026-08-12 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ In 271 seven thousand Roman soldiers died storming a hill inside their own capital. ## [#9 This Has Never Happened Before](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/9-this-has-never-happened-before) _2026-08-05 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ In 398 BC a conspirator stood in the Spartan marketplace and counted. They didn't know it yet, but number he reached had already killed his city. ## [#8 The Eraser and the Key](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/8-the-eraser-and-the-key) _2026-07-29 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ In July 1562 a friar burned the written memory of a civilization. His own notes brought it back. ## [#7 The World That Ended in One Generation](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/7-the-world-that-ended-in-one-generation) _2026-07-22 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ How the whole eastern Mediterranean fell in a single lifetime. ## [#6 The Civilization That Fell Out of the Story](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/6-the-civilization-that-fell-out) _2026-07-16 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ The Indus Valley passes every test we have and yet answers none of our questions. ## [#5 The Most Dangerous Form of Ignorance](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/5-the-most-dangerous-form-of-ignorance) _2026-07-09 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ The most dangerous assumptions are the ones that never feel like assumptions. ## [#4 What If Civilization Doesn't Look Like Civilization?](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/4-what-if-civilization-doesnt-look) _2026-07-09 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ The problem may be the categories, not the evidence. ## [#3 The Greatest Achievement in Human History May Be Lost Forever](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/3-the-greatest-achievement-in-human) _2026-07-09 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ The past preserves what survived instead of what mattered most. ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/q3Qu1DThbe3n) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [#2 Why Every Civilization Thinks It's the Exception](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/2-why-every-civilization-thinks-its) _2026-07-03 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ The same blind spot appears in every civilization, including our own. ## [#1 The Question Behind Everything](https://michaelbutton.substack.com/p/1-the-question-behind-everything) _2026-07-03 · Michael Button · Michael Button's Substack_ Why do civilizations collapse? How much of human history is missing? How much of modern civilization do we misunderstand? What are we wrong about right now?