Unlike the majority of the world's population in the past and present, westerners are distinguished by high individualism, analytical thinking and trust in strangers. They focus on themselves - on their personal qualities, achievements and aspirations - rather than relationships with others and enduring social roles. How did they get so weird in their psychology? What role did their psychological characteristics play in the emergence of Protestantism, the launch of the Industrial Revolution and the worldwide expansion of Europe over the past few centuries? In the future, we will think, feel, perceive and make moral judgments differently from now, and it will be very difficult for us to understand the mentality of those who lived at the dawn of the third millennium. To answer these and other questions, Harvard professor Joseph Henrik uses the latest data from the fields of anthropology, psychology, economics and biology in the book "The Strangest in the World." It traces the cultural evolution of kinship, marriage, religion and the state, demonstrating the deep mutual influence of these institutions and the human psyche.