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Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
by Alan S. Miller • 2006
The mating dance, boardroom gambles, and prayer: all driven by a brain built for the savannah.
3.56
2k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💑 Human Mating🦚 Sexual Selection⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch🙏 Psychology Of Religion
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters Summary
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters 98%
The mating dance, boardroom gambles, and prayer: all driven by a brain built for the savannah.
by Alan S. Miller 2006
3.56
2k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💑 Human Mating🦚 Sexual Selection⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch🙏 Psychology Of Religion
The Ape that Understood the Universe
by Steve Stewart-Williams • 2018
You don't own your desires. They belong to your genes and the ideas colonizing your mind.
4.23
2k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology📜 Cultural Evolution💘 Mating Strategies👶 Parental Investment🤝 Altruism
The Ape that Understood the Universe Summary
The Ape that Understood the Universe 98%
You don't own your desires. They belong to your genes and the ideas colonizing your mind.
by Steve Stewart-Williams 2018
4.23
2k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology📜 Cultural Evolution💘 Mating Strategies👶 Parental Investment🤝 Altruism
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
by Robin I.M. Dunbar • 2010
Your brain can manage about 150 relationships. Gossip, art, and religion are the overflow.
3.50
646
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Limits💘 Mate Preferences👁️ Theory Of Mind📜 Cultural Evolution
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? 97%
Your brain can manage about 150 relationships. Gossip, art, and religion are the overflow.
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2010
3.50
646 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Limits💘 Mate Preferences👁️ Theory Of Mind📜 Cultural Evolution
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life
by Douglas T. Kenrick • 2011
What if your brain is not one self but a committee, and the mating module runs most meetings?
3.56
672
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics🧩 Modular Mind🔍 Cognitive Biases💑 Mating Strategies
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life Summary
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life 97%
What if your brain is not one self but a committee, and the mating module runs most meetings?
by Douglas T. Kenrick 2011
3.56
672 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics🧩 Modular Mind🔍 Cognitive Biases💑 Mating Strategies
Human Instinct
by Robert Winston • 2002
Your brain was built for the savannah. Why ancient instincts still steer every choice you make.
4.00
464
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Sociobiology⚡ Mismatch Theory💕 Mate Preferences👨‍👩‍👧 Kin Selection
Human Instinct Summary
Human Instinct 97%
Your brain was built for the savannah. Why ancient instincts still steer every choice you make.
by Robert Winston 2002
4.00
464 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Sociobiology⚡ Mismatch Theory💕 Mate Preferences👨‍👩‍👧 Kin Selection
The Social Leap
by William Von Hippel • 2018
We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.
4.23
2k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Human Evolution👥 Social Cognition🎭 Self-Deception🦚 Sexual Selection
The Social Leap Summary
The Social Leap 97%
We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.
by William Von Hippel 2018
4.23
2k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Human Evolution👥 Social Cognition🎭 Self-Deception🦚 Sexual Selection
The Moral Animal
by Robert Wright • 1994
Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.
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12k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology👤 Human Nature🐒 Behavioral Evolution🎭 Self-Deception💑 Mating Strategies
The Moral Animal Summary
The Moral Animal 97%
Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.
by Robert Wright 1994
4.08
12k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology👤 Human Nature🐒 Behavioral Evolution🎭 Self-Deception💑 Mating Strategies
The Language Instinct
by Steven Pinker • 1994
Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.
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23k+
📝 Generative Linguistics👶 Language Acquisition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Psycholinguistics
The Language Instinct Summary
The Language Instinct 96%
Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.
by Steven Pinker 1994
4.01
23k+ ratings
📝 Generative Linguistics👶 Language Acquisition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Psycholinguistics
This View of Life
by David Sloan Wilson • 2019
Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.
3.96
372
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution👥 Group Selection⚡ Evolutionary Mismatch🔄 Systems Thinking
This View of Life Summary
This View of Life 96%
Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.
by David Sloan Wilson 2019
3.96
372 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution👥 Group Selection⚡ Evolutionary Mismatch🔄 Systems Thinking
Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain
by Douglas T. Kenrick • 2022
Your brain is built for the Stone Age; the modern world has learned every button to push.
3.83
46
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🪨 Modern Mismatch🧱 Environment Design🤝 Friendship Science👑 Status Seeking
Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain Summary
Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain 96%
Your brain is built for the Stone Age; the modern world has learned every button to push.
by Douglas T. Kenrick 2022
3.83
46 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🪨 Modern Mismatch🧱 Environment Design🤝 Friendship Science👑 Status Seeking
The Meme Machine
by Susan Blackmore • 1999
Our brains did not make culture. Culture, evolving like a virus, made our brains.
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4k+
🧬 Cultural Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🦠 Memetics🔄 Universal Darwinism🤝 Altruism Evolution
The Meme Machine Summary
The Meme Machine 96%
Our brains did not make culture. Culture, evolving like a virus, made our brains.
by Susan Blackmore 1999
3.86
4k+ ratings
🧬 Cultural Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🦠 Memetics🔄 Universal Darwinism🤝 Altruism Evolution
Kluge
by Gary F. Marcus • 2008
Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.
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2k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch💭 Memory Fallibility🏗️ Mental Architecture
Kluge Summary
Kluge 96%
Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.
by Gary F. Marcus 2008
3.83
2k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch💭 Memory Fallibility🏗️ Mental Architecture
Consilience
by Edward O. Wilson • 1998
The biologist who thinks evolution can reunite sciences with the humanities, from neurons to art.
3.98
5k+
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🔬 Philosophy Of Science🌍 Cultural Evolution🐝 Sociobiology⚛️ Reductionism
Consilience Summary
Consilience 96%
The biologist who thinks evolution can reunite sciences with the humanities, from neurons to art.
by Edward O. Wilson 1998
3.98
5k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🔬 Philosophy Of Science🌍 Cultural Evolution🐝 Sociobiology⚛️ Reductionism
Consuming Instinct
by Gad Saad • 2011
Your cravings for burgers, Ferraris, and porn all trace back to the same evolutionary wiring.
3.70
755
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🛒 Consumer Psychology📊 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch💋 Sexual Selection
Consuming Instinct Summary
Consuming Instinct 96%
Your cravings for burgers, Ferraris, and porn all trace back to the same evolutionary wiring.
by Gad Saad 2011
3.70
755 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🛒 Consumer Psychology📊 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch💋 Sexual Selection
Why We Lie
by David Livingstone Smith • 2004
Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.
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260
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🎭 Self-Deception🤥 Deception🗡️ Machiavellian Intelligence🌌 Unconscious Mind
Why We Lie Summary
Why We Lie 96%
Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.
by David Livingstone Smith 2004
3.62
260 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🎭 Self-Deception🤥 Deception🗡️ Machiavellian Intelligence🌌 Unconscious Mind
Mean Genes
by Terry Burnham • 2000
Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.
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1k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics😊 Hedonic Adaptation🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch🎲 Risk Perception
Mean Genes Summary
Mean Genes 95%
Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.
by Terry Burnham 2000
3.85
1k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics😊 Hedonic Adaptation🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch🎲 Risk Perception
Supernormal Stimuli
by Deirdre Barrett • 2010
Giant fake eggs fool geese. Junk food, screens, and porn pull the same trick on you.
3.69
391
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch🎣 Instinct Hijacking🍔 Consumption And Craving📺 Media Effects
Supernormal Stimuli Summary
Supernormal Stimuli 95%
Giant fake eggs fool geese. Junk food, screens, and porn pull the same trick on you.
by Deirdre Barrett 2010
3.69
391 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch🎣 Instinct Hijacking🍔 Consumption And Craving📺 Media Effects
FREEDOM
by Jeremy Griffith • 2016
Moral instinct and conscious mind are at war. Understanding why ends the war.
4.10
607
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🦴 Human Origins⚔️ Instinct Versus Reason🤝 Altruism Evolution💭 Consciousness Studies
FREEDOM Summary
FREEDOM 95%
Moral instinct and conscious mind are at war. Understanding why ends the war.
by Jeremy Griffith 2016
4.10
607 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🦴 Human Origins⚔️ Instinct Versus Reason🤝 Altruism Evolution💭 Consciousness Studies
Mating Intelligence Unleashed
by Glenn Geher • 2012
Evolution wired your brain for courtship: the hidden skills that run your love life.
3.70
210
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Mating Psychology🦚 Sexual Selection💘 Mate Preferences🕶️ Dark Triad Traits
Mating Intelligence Unleashed Summary
Mating Intelligence Unleashed 95%
Evolution wired your brain for courtship: the hidden skills that run your love life.
by Glenn Geher 2012
3.70
210 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Mating Psychology🦚 Sexual Selection💘 Mate Preferences🕶️ Dark Triad Traits
Minds Make Societies
by Pascal Boyer • 2018
Nations clash, gods multiply, and families splinter for reasons your conscious mind never sees.
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397
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Cognitive Anthropology🔄 Cultural Evolution🔬 Cognitive Science⛪ Evolution Of Religion
Minds Make Societies Summary
Minds Make Societies 95%
Nations clash, gods multiply, and families splinter for reasons your conscious mind never sees.
by Pascal Boyer 2018
3.90
397 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Cognitive Anthropology🔄 Cultural Evolution🔬 Cognitive Science⛪ Evolution Of Religion
A Natural History of Human Emotions
by Stuart Walton • 2005
Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.
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23
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Cultural History💭 Philosophy Of Mind🏗️ Social Construction😇 Moral Emotions
A Natural History of Human Emotions Summary
A Natural History of Human Emotions 95%
Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.
by Stuart Walton 2005
3.61
23 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Cultural History💭 Philosophy Of Mind🏗️ Social Construction😇 Moral Emotions
From Darwin to Derrida
by David Haig • 2020
Meaning and purpose seem beyond physics. This biologist argues they are products of it.
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🧬 Evolutionary Biology🤔 Philosophy Of Biology🌍 Cultural Evolution💡 Naturalized Meaning🧩 Selfish Gene Theory
From Darwin to Derrida Summary
From Darwin to Derrida 95%
Meaning and purpose seem beyond physics. This biologist argues they are products of it.
by David Haig 2020
3.69
80 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🤔 Philosophy Of Biology🌍 Cultural Evolution💡 Naturalized Meaning🧩 Selfish Gene Theory
It's Not You, It's Biology.
by Joe Quirk • 2008
Men and women want different things because sperm and eggs have conflicting goals.
4.04
583
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🦚 Mating Behavior💃 Sexual Selection🔗 Pair Bonding👀 Mate Choice
It's Not You, It's Biology. Summary
It's Not You, It's Biology. 95%
Men and women want different things because sperm and eggs have conflicting goals.
by Joe Quirk 2008
4.04
583 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🦚 Mating Behavior💃 Sexual Selection🔗 Pair Bonding👀 Mate Choice
The Intelligence Paradox
by Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012
Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.
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500
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Intelligence Research🌍 Evolutionary Mismatch⚡ Iq Controversy🧬 Nature Vs Nurture
The Intelligence Paradox Summary
The Intelligence Paradox 95%
Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.
by Satoshi Kanazawa 2012
3.52
500 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Intelligence Research🌍 Evolutionary Mismatch⚡ Iq Controversy🧬 Nature Vs Nurture
Why Is Sex Fun?
by Jared Diamond • 1997
Why human mating is nature's oddest: hidden ovulation, menopause, and the real reason men hunt.
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7k+
🧬 Evolutionary Biology💞 Human Sexuality🦚 Sexual Selection🔄 Reproductive Strategies💘 Mate Selection
Why Is Sex Fun? Summary
Why Is Sex Fun? 95%
Why human mating is nature's oddest: hidden ovulation, menopause, and the real reason men hunt.
by Jared Diamond 1997
3.71
7k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Biology💞 Human Sexuality🦚 Sexual Selection🔄 Reproductive Strategies💘 Mate Selection
How We Became Human
by Tim Dean • 2021
Your sense of right and wrong evolved for the Stone Age. It's time for an upgrade.
3.90
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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Moral Philosophy📜 Cultural Evolution🧩 Cognitive Biases🏕️ Tribalism
How We Became Human Summary
How We Became Human 95%
Your sense of right and wrong evolved for the Stone Age. It's time for an upgrade.
by Tim Dean 2021
3.90
114 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Moral Philosophy📜 Cultural Evolution🧩 Cognitive Biases🏕️ Tribalism
Virus of the Mind
by Richard Brodie • 1995
Your beliefs spread the way colds do. They evolved to be catchy, not true.
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2k+
🔄 Cultural Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💭 Memetics🦠 Cultural Viruses🔁 Mental Programming
Virus of the Mind Summary
Virus of the Mind 95%
Your beliefs spread the way colds do. They evolved to be catchy, not true.
by Richard Brodie 1995
3.69
2k+ ratings
🔄 Cultural Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💭 Memetics🦠 Cultural Viruses🔁 Mental Programming
On Human Nature
by Edward O. Wilson • 1978
Evolution is our best mythology. The argument for anchoring ethics, art, and religion in biology.
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🌿 Evolutionary Biology🐝 Sociobiology🧬 Human Nature⚔️ Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Evolutionary Psychology
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature 94%
Evolution is our best mythology. The argument for anchoring ethics, art, and religion in biology.
by Edward O. Wilson 1978
4.14
4k+ ratings
🌿 Evolutionary Biology🐝 Sociobiology🧬 Human Nature⚔️ Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Evolutionary Psychology
Blueprint
by Nicholas A. Christakis • 2019
Goodness is our default setting. Evolution built us for love, friendship, and cooperation.
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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌐 Human Universals🏛️ Cultural Anthropology📜 Cultural Evolution🕸️ Social Networks
Blueprint Summary
Blueprint 94%
Goodness is our default setting. Evolution built us for love, friendship, and cooperation.
by Nicholas A. Christakis 2019
3.95
2k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌐 Human Universals🏛️ Cultural Anthropology📜 Cultural Evolution🕸️ Social Networks
When Men Behave Badly
by David M. Buss • 2021
Men misread smiles, women freeze: the evolutionary logic of sexual conflict.
4.09
1k+
🔬 Evolutionary Psychology💞 Mating Psychology⚔️ Sexual Aggression🚨 Intimate Partner Violence🖤 Dark Personality Traits
When Men Behave Badly Summary
When Men Behave Badly 94%
Men misread smiles, women freeze: the evolutionary logic of sexual conflict.
by David M. Buss 2021
4.09
1k+ ratings
🔬 Evolutionary Psychology💞 Mating Psychology⚔️ Sexual Aggression🚨 Intimate Partner Violence🖤 Dark Personality Traits
Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love
by Allan Pease • 2010
Men and women run on different operating systems; ignoring it wrecks half of all marriages.
3.70
3k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology♂️♀️ Sex Differences💘 Mating Psychology🧲 Attraction Science❤️ Biology Of Love
Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love Summary
Why Men Want Sex and Women Need Love 94%
Men and women run on different operating systems; ignoring it wrecks half of all marriages.
by Allan Pease 2010
3.70
3k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology♂️♀️ Sex Differences💘 Mating Psychology🧲 Attraction Science❤️ Biology Of Love
The Extended Phenotype
by Richard Dawkins • 1982
Genes don't stop at skin: a beaver dam is a genetic tool, like the teeth.
4.12
10k+
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🎯 Gene-Level Selection🔍 Adaptationism🧠 Cultural Evolution🦊 Animal Behavior
The Extended Phenotype Summary
The Extended Phenotype 94%
Genes don't stop at skin: a beaver dam is a genetic tool, like the teeth.
by Richard Dawkins 1982
4.12
10k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🎯 Gene-Level Selection🔍 Adaptationism🧠 Cultural Evolution🦊 Animal Behavior
Sperm Wars
by Robin Baker • 1996
The bedroom is an evolutionary arena. Your body knows the rules, even if you don't.
3.91
3k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Sperm Competition💔 Infidelity⚔️ Sexual Conflict❤️ Mate Selection
Sperm Wars Summary
Sperm Wars 94%
The bedroom is an evolutionary arena. Your body knows the rules, even if you don't.
by Robin Baker 1996
3.91
3k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Sperm Competition💔 Infidelity⚔️ Sexual Conflict❤️ Mate Selection
Is There Anything Good About Men?
by Roy F. Baumeister • 2016
The gender gap isn't about privilege. It's about who culture found more useful to sacrifice.
3.74
356
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology👤 Male Psychology💘 Sexual Selection🏋️ Masculinity Studies🏆 Status Competition
Is There Anything Good About Men? Summary
Is There Anything Good About Men? 94%
The gender gap isn't about privilege. It's about who culture found more useful to sacrifice.
by Roy F. Baumeister 2016
3.74
356 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology👤 Male Psychology💘 Sexual Selection🏋️ Masculinity Studies🏆 Status Competition
The Social Conquest of Earth
by Edward O. Wilson • 2012
Human virtue and human genocide come from the same evolutionary force, and it's not kin selection.
4.02
4k+
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🦴 Human Evolution🏛️ Multilevel Selection⚖️ Origins Of Morality🛡️ Tribalism
The Social Conquest of Earth Summary
The Social Conquest of Earth 94%
Human virtue and human genocide come from the same evolutionary force, and it's not kin selection.
by Edward O. Wilson 2012
4.02
4k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Biology🦴 Human Evolution🏛️ Multilevel Selection⚖️ Origins Of Morality🛡️ Tribalism
How the Mind Changed
by Joseph Jebelli • 2022
The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.
4.06
348
🧬 Human Evolution🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧩 Evolutionary Psychology👥 Social Brain🔮 Predictive Brain
How the Mind Changed Summary
How the Mind Changed 94%
The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.
by Joseph Jebelli 2022
4.06
348 ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧩 Evolutionary Psychology👥 Social Brain🔮 Predictive Brain
Good Reasons for Bad Feelings
by Randolph M. Nesse • 2019
Your brain evolved for a different world. Depression and anxiety are the mismatch showing.
3.94
2k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🏥 Evolutionary Medicine🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch😢 Adaptive Emotions😰 Anxiety And Depression
Good Reasons for Bad Feelings Summary
Good Reasons for Bad Feelings 94%
Your brain evolved for a different world. Depression and anxiety are the mismatch showing.
by Randolph M. Nesse 2019
3.94
2k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🏥 Evolutionary Medicine🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch😢 Adaptive Emotions😰 Anxiety And Depression
Brain Bugs
by Dean Buonomano • 2011
Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.
3.80
3k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Flaws🔄 Neural Plasticity👁️ Perceptual Illusions
Brain Bugs Summary
Brain Bugs 94%
Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.
by Dean Buonomano 2011
3.80
3k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Flaws🔄 Neural Plasticity👁️ Perceptual Illusions
Invisible Rivals
by Jonathan R Goodman • 2025
We compete constantly without knowing it; language is the weapon that hides the battle.
3.76
33
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🕵️ Hidden Motives🤝 Cooperation And Cheating🎫 Moral Licensing🪞 Self-Deception
Invisible Rivals Summary
Invisible Rivals 94%
We compete constantly without knowing it; language is the weapon that hides the battle.
by Jonathan R Goodman 2025
3.76
33 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🕵️ Hidden Motives🤝 Cooperation And Cheating🎫 Moral Licensing🪞 Self-Deception
Cognitive Gadgets
by Cecilia Heyes • 2018
Imitation and language are not instincts. They are cultural tools, rebuilt in every childhood.
3.75
183
🧠 Cultural Evolution🔬 Cognitive Psychology👶 Cognitive Development👥 Social Learning📖 Cultural Transmission
Cognitive Gadgets Summary
Cognitive Gadgets 94%
Imitation and language are not instincts. They are cultural tools, rebuilt in every childhood.
by Cecilia Heyes 2018
3.75
183 ratings
🧠 Cultural Evolution🔬 Cognitive Psychology👶 Cognitive Development👥 Social Learning📖 Cultural Transmission
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
by Daniel C. Dennett • 1995
Design doesn't need a designer: a blind, algorithmic process built life, mind, and morality.
4.07
17k+
🔬 Philosophy Of Science🧬 Evolutionary Biology⚙️ Algorithmic Explanation🗣️ Cultural Evolution🧠 Memetics
Darwin's Dangerous Idea Summary
Darwin's Dangerous Idea 94%
Design doesn't need a designer: a blind, algorithmic process built life, mind, and morality.
by Daniel C. Dennett 1995
4.07
17k+ ratings
🔬 Philosophy Of Science🧬 Evolutionary Biology⚙️ Algorithmic Explanation🗣️ Cultural Evolution🧠 Memetics
Subliminal
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2012
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
4.05
14k+
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🌊 Unconscious Processing⚖️ Cognitive Biases🏗️ Constructed Reality🤝 Social Cognition
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal 94%
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012
4.05
14k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🌊 Unconscious Processing⚖️ Cognitive Biases🏗️ Constructed Reality🤝 Social Cognition
Testosterone Rex
by Cordelia Fine • 2017
The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.
3.79
4k+
🧬 Sexual Selection🧠 Biological Essentialism🧬 Neurosexism✳️ Feminist Science🐒 Evolutionary Psychology
Testosterone Rex Summary
Testosterone Rex 94%
The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.
by Cordelia Fine 2017
3.79
4k+ ratings
🧬 Sexual Selection🧠 Biological Essentialism🧬 Neurosexism✳️ Feminist Science🐒 Evolutionary Psychology
La maldición del hombre mono
by Emiliano Bruner • 2025
Why evolution left humans perpetually dissatisfied, and how training attention can change that.
3.68
53
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🐒 Human Evolution🧘 Meditation Practice🎯 Attention Management🗣️ Mental Chatter
La maldición del hombre mono Summary
La maldición del hombre mono 94%
Why evolution left humans perpetually dissatisfied, and how training attention can change that.
by Emiliano Bruner 2025
3.68
53 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🐒 Human Evolution🧘 Meditation Practice🎯 Attention Management🗣️ Mental Chatter
Useful Delusions
by Shankar Vedantam • 2021
Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.
3.84
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception🛒 Consumer Psychology⛪ Psychology Of Religion
Useful Delusions Summary
Useful Delusions 94%
Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.
by Shankar Vedantam 2021
3.84
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception🛒 Consumer Psychology⛪ Psychology Of Religion
Behind the Mirror
by Konrad Lorenz • 1973
Space, time, causality: not mental inventions but biological adaptations to a real world.
4.01
163
🧬 Philosophy Of Biology🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution🗣️ Language And Thought🐾 Animal Cognition
Behind the Mirror Summary
Behind the Mirror 94%
Space, time, causality: not mental inventions but biological adaptations to a real world.
by Konrad Lorenz 1973
4.01
163 ratings
🧬 Philosophy Of Biology🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution🗣️ Language And Thought🐾 Animal Cognition
The Human Story
by Robin I.M. Dunbar • 2004
Gossip, laughter, gods: how the social brain made us human, and the number behind it.
3.87
334
🦍 Human Evolution🧠 Social Neuroscience🤝 Theory Of Mind🗣️ Language Evolution🎨 Symbolic Thinking
The Human Story Summary
The Human Story 94%
Gossip, laughter, gods: how the social brain made us human, and the number behind it.
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2004
3.87
334 ratings
🦍 Human Evolution🧠 Social Neuroscience🤝 Theory Of Mind🗣️ Language Evolution🎨 Symbolic Thinking
On Human Nature
by Roger Scruton • 2017
Genes and memes don't explain why you honor your dead, laugh, or hold someone accountable.
3.73
642
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Moral Philosophy🧬 Evolutionary Psychology📖 Narrative Identity🏛️ Virtue Ethics
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature 94%
Genes and memes don't explain why you honor your dead, laugh, or hold someone accountable.
by Roger Scruton 2017
3.73
642 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Moral Philosophy🧬 Evolutionary Psychology📖 Narrative Identity🏛️ Virtue Ethics
Our Kind
by Marvin Harris • 1989
Built for a lost world: why we crave, worship, and wage war, from an anthropologist.
4.17
672
🧬 Human Evolution🏺 Prehistory🏛️ Cultural Evolution🗣️ Origin Of Language📊 Social Hierarchy
Our Kind Summary
Our Kind 94%
Built for a lost world: why we crave, worship, and wage war, from an anthropologist.
by Marvin Harris 1989
4.17
672 ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🏺 Prehistory🏛️ Cultural Evolution🗣️ Origin Of Language📊 Social Hierarchy
The Expanding Circle
by Peter Singer • 1981
Morality started with vampire bats, not God. Reason is taking it further than evolution ever could.
4.02
626
🧬 Evolutionary Ethics📈 Moral Progress⚖️ Utilitarianism🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🤝 Altruism
The Expanding Circle Summary
The Expanding Circle 94%
Morality started with vampire bats, not God. Reason is taking it further than evolution ever could.
by Peter Singer 1981
4.02
626 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Ethics📈 Moral Progress⚖️ Utilitarianism🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🤝 Altruism
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