About this Episode

The Respondent
Episode 61: Rob Henderson

Rob Henderson is a Ph.D. student in evolutionary and social psychology and a Gates Cambridge Scholar at the University of Cambridge. He received his B.S. in Psychology from Yale and is a veteran of the U.S Air Force. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Quillette, among other outlets. He is currently writing a memoir, to be published by Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. He is perhaps best known for the discovery of the idea of “luxury beliefs” first published in the New York Post. In this episode, Rob and Greg discuss luxury beliefs, foster care, the family law system and the role of families, the importance of fatherhood involvement, how men and women exhibit malevolent psychological traits, and much more!

Top Takeaways: -Childhood instability is a strong and significant predictor of harmful behaviors in adulthood. -Step-parents are 700x more likely to commit abuse to children than their biological parents. -People in the upper and middle class can afford to hold beliefs that infer status even if it inflicts hard upon the lower classes.

Rob’s original luxury beliefs article: https://nypost.com/2019/08/17/luxury-...

Book mentioned: Warriors and Worriers: The Survival of the Sexes; https://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Worri...

Article on The Cinderella Effect: https://nypost.com/2021/12/21/the-cin...

Yanoama: The Story of Helena Valero, a Girl Kidnapped by Amazonian Indians: https://www.amazon.com/Yanoama-Kidnap...