{"id":77302,"date":"2022-04-28T21:48:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T21:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/?post_type=podcast&p=77302"},"modified":"2024-11-27T19:37:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T19:37:31","slug":"chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Blattman on the five reasons wars happen"},"author":59,"featured_media":77303,"template":"","categories":[383,1206,484,1223,1209,483,482,1324],"class_list":["post-77302","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-research","category-decision-making","category-government-policy","category-great-power-conflict","category-history","category-party-politics","category-politics","category-psychology"],"acf":{"acf_audio_url":"https:\/\/media.transistor.fm\/593ac74b\/b0c920f0.mp3","acf_highlights_audio_url":"","acf_audio_player_thumbnail_image_url":"https:\/\/images.transistor.fm\/file\/transistor\/images\/episode\/1324879\/thumb_1683544718-artwork.jpg"},"yoast_head":"\nChris Blattman on the five reasons wars happen - 80,000 Hours<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Blattman on the five reasons wars happen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Animals roar and bare their teeth to intimidate adversaries \u2014 but one side usually backs down, and real fights are rare. The wisdom of evolution is that the risk of violence is just too great...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"80,000 Hours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/80000Hours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-27T19:37:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hoplite.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Animals roar and bare their teeth to intimidate adversaries \u2014 but one side usually backs down, and real fights are rare. The wisdom of evolution is that the risk of violence is just too great...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@80000hours\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/\",\"name\":\"Chris Blattman on the five reasons wars happen - 80,000 Hours\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hoplite.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-28T21:48:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-27T19:37:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hoplite.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hoplite.jpeg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Podcast\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Chris Blattman on the five reasons wars happen\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/\",\"name\":\"80,000 Hours\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"80,000 Hours\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/og-logo_0.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/og-logo_0.png\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":785,\"caption\":\"80,000 Hours\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/80000Hours\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/80000hours\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/eightythousandhours\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chris Blattman on the five reasons wars happen - 80,000 Hours","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chris Blattman on the five reasons wars happen","og_description":"Animals roar and bare their teeth to intimidate adversaries \u2014 but one side usually backs down, and real fights are rare. The wisdom of evolution is that the risk of violence is just too great...","og_url":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/","og_site_name":"80,000 Hours","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/80000Hours","article_modified_time":"2024-11-27T19:37:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hoplite.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_description":"Animals roar and bare their teeth to intimidate adversaries \u2014 but one side usually backs down, and real fights are rare. The wisdom of evolution is that the risk of violence is just too great...","twitter_site":"@80000hours","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/","url":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/","name":"Chris Blattman on the five reasons wars happen - 80,000 Hours","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hoplite.jpeg","datePublished":"2022-04-28T21:48:35+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-27T19:37:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hoplite.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hoplite.jpeg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/chris-blattman-five-reasons-wars-happen\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Podcast","item":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Chris Blattman on the five reasons wars happen"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/","name":"80,000 Hours","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#organization","name":"80,000 Hours","url":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/og-logo_0.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/og-logo_0.png","width":1500,"height":785,"caption":"80,000 Hours"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/80000Hours","https:\/\/x.com\/80000hours","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/eightythousandhours"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/77302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}