Homo bestalis ― OUR BIOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Primate roots
Mind on the hoof
Octopus intelligence

Homo mortalis ― ONLY ONCE IN THE WORLD
Astonishing predicament
Contingency: very lucky to be here!
In medias res
Never a god's eye view
Darwin’s dangerous algorithm
Landmarks in the history of unintelligent design

Homo socialis ― ALWAYS IN RELATION TO OTHERS
Received prejudice
Community
A question of identity

Homo faber ― THE EXTENDED PHENOTYPE
Beaver dams and termite nests
Memes
The Anthropocene
Noösphere
Extending our sensory range using technology
Promethian fiasco

Homo ludens ― PLAY
Why do we play?
Caillois’ agôn, alea, mimicry, and ilinx
Csikszentmihalyi's rapture
Wittgenstein’s language games

Homo discens ― LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING
Fore-structure and prejudice
Learning at the boundary between familiarity and strangeness
Boredom and anxiety
Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal development
Darwinian model for learning and the brain

Homo fallibilis ― CAPABLE AND FALLIBLE
Betwixt beast and angel
The Allegory of the Cave
Bacon’s Idols
Goya’s Sleep of Reason
Solipsism and its cure
Is man the measure?