Agora Politics 10: How Testosterone Levels Regulate the Rise and Fall of Civilization, Podcast June 1, 2020 Roy Barzilai is an independent scholar and author of The Testosterone Hypothesis: How Hormones Regulate the Life Cycles of Civilization and Sex Wars: How Hormones Drive Gender, Race, & Culture Conflicts. We talked about his hypothesis of how hormones regulate the life cycles of civilization, how the sun effects growth cycles, chronobiology, and individualistic vs.… Read More
My article Bear Markets and Winter Flu Season, published in International Federation of Technical Analysts Newsletter May 30, 2020 My article published on pages 12-13: Bear Markets and Winter Flu Season: Chronobiology of Financial Market Distress Link to PDF: https://ifta.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IFTA_Update_Vol27-iss1.pdf Abstract In this article, I wish to explain the interrelated nature of seasonal patterns of climate and weather, chronobiological cycles (how solar activity effects human behavior) in respect to economic activity, and… Read More
SOLAR CYCLES, LIGHT, SEX HORMONES AND THE LIFE CYCLES OF CIVILIZATION: TOWARD INTEGRATED CHRONOBIOLOGY January 27, 2020 My second article published in academic SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY journal. SOLAR CYCLES, LIGHT, SEX HORMONES AND THE LIFE CYCLES OF CIVILIZATION: TOWARD INTEGRATED CHRONOBIOLOGY Roy Barzilai ABSTRACT The emerging discipline of complexity science, applied to the social sciences, seeks to study the rise of human civilization as a part of a natural, evolving biological system… Read More
CHINA Accuses the CIA of DESTROYING ASIAN MASCULINITY November 26, 2019 | Leave a comment My book, The Testosterone Hypothesis, is featured in minute 1:00 of this video clip:… Read More
THE TESTOSTERONE PARADOX: HOW SEX HORMONES SHAPE THE ACADEMIC MIND July 14, 2019 My article publised in academic SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY journal – THE TESTOSTERONE PARADOX ABSTRACT In my work I argue that sexual differences in the brain seem to shape the ideological gulf between the respective social groups each side represents. And most significantly, it is the male sex hormone testosterone that is the primary hormone… Read More
The Role of Hormones & Solar Patterns in Global Cycles of Culture & History w/Roy Barzilai March 13, 2019 One thing we typically underestimate is the interconnectedness of our global habits, behaviors, and phases in culture with hormones like testosterone and dopamine. How can we map The Age of Enlightenment, The Great Depression, and even the progressive virus we see today alongside the solar patterns and hormone levels? Is there a solution to… Read More
Interview on Sex Wars on the Radio Show YOUR FAMILY MATTERS September 22, 2018 | Leave a comment Radio Interview on my new book, Sex Wars, on the show YOUR FAMILY MATTERS – with host CARLA DADDESI (1180 AM WFYL Philadelphia) … Read More
Jordan Peterson, Jonathan Haidt and the New Synthesis May 12, 2018 Professor Jordan Peterson is an intellectual leader of our time. He is taking part in a new scientific revolution, a groundbreaking effort to understand the workings of the human mind, culture, and religious worldviews and how they are shaped by evolved psychological adaptations that determine our social structure and philosophy of life. This new scientific… Read More
Light and Enlightenment philosophy November 2, 2017 As I marked with arrows on the chart, rising solar activity impelled the period of the Enlightenment, particularly by Puritans in England: from the natural philosophy of Newton and John Locke’s ideal of liberty, to the Founding Fathers of the United States in 1776. But, as solar radiation peaked, began a long period… Read More