50 Books like This View of Life

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.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 📜 Cultural Evolution 💘 Mating Strategies 👶 Parental Investment 🤝 Altruism

The Ape that Understood the Universe Summary

The Ape that Understood the Universe 97%

You don't own your desires. They belong to your genes and the ideas colonizing your mind.

by Steve Stewart-Williams 2018

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 📜 Cultural Evolution 💘 Mating Strategies 👶 Parental Investment 🤝 Altruism

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.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏛️ Multilevel Selection ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🛡️ Tribalism

The Social Conquest of Earth 97%

Human virtue and human genocide come from the same evolutionary force, and it's not kin selection.

by Edward O. Wilson 2012

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4k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏛️ Multilevel Selection ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🛡️ Tribalism

The Origins of Virtue

by Matt Ridley • 1997

Society did not tame our selfish instincts. Selfish genes built our capacity for cooperation.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Human Cooperation 🎲 Game Theory 📖 Sociobiology

The Origins of Virtue 97%

Society did not tame our selfish instincts. Selfish genes built our capacity for cooperation.

by Matt Ridley 1997

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Human Cooperation 🎲 Game Theory 📖 Sociobiology

The Social Instinct

by Nichola Raihani • 2021

Cooperation built life from genes to nations. The bill always lands on someone else.

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670

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🤝 Cooperation 👥 Collective Action 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

The Social Instinct 97%

Cooperation built life from genes to nations. The bill always lands on someone else.

by Nichola Raihani 2021

3.90

670 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🤝 Cooperation 👥 Collective Action 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

Human Instinct

by Robert Winston • 2002

Your brain was built for the savannah. Why ancient instincts still steer every choice you make.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Sociobiology ⚡ Mismatch Theory 💕 Mate Preferences 👨‍👩‍👧 Kin Selection

Human Instinct 96%

Your brain was built for the savannah. Why ancient instincts still steer every choice you make.

by Robert Winston 2002

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464 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Sociobiology ⚡ Mismatch Theory 💕 Mate Preferences 👨‍👩‍👧 Kin Selection

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 96%

Goodness is our default setting. Evolution built us for love, friendship, and cooperation.

by Nicholas A. Christakis 2019

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌐 Human Universals 🏛️ Cultural Anthropology 📜 Cultural Evolution 🕸️ Social Networks

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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🧬 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Memetics 🔄 Universal Darwinism 🤝 Altruism Evolution

The Meme Machine 96%

Our brains did not make culture. Culture, evolving like a virus, made our brains.

by Susan Blackmore 1999

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🧬 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Memetics 🔄 Universal Darwinism 🤝 Altruism Evolution

Nonzero

by Robert Wright

History bends toward cooperation, not because we're good, but because interdependence pays.

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📜 Big History 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation 🏛️ Social Complexity 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

Nonzero 96%

History bends toward cooperation, not because we're good, but because interdependence pays.

by Robert Wright

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📜 Big History 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation 🏛️ Social Complexity 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

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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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Cognitive Anthropology 🔄 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Cognitive Science ⛪ Evolution Of Religion

Minds Make Societies 96%

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

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.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 📜 Cultural Evolution 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🏕️ Tribalism

How We Became Human 96%

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

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 96%

Evolution is our best mythology. The argument for anchoring ethics, art, and religion in biology.

by Edward O. Wilson 1978

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4k+ ratings

🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🐝 Sociobiology 🧬 Human Nature ⚔️ Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

The Social Leap

by William Von Hippel • 2018

We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 👥 Social Cognition 🎭 Self-Deception 🦚 Sexual Selection

The Social Leap 96%

We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.

by William Von Hippel 2018

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 👥 Social Cognition 🎭 Self-Deception 🦚 Sexual Selection

The Evolution of Everything

by Matt Ridley • 2015

The same undirected process that built the eye also built language, money, and the internet.

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🕸️ Spontaneous Order 🎭 Cultural Evolution 📜 Big History ⚙️ Technological Evolution 🌐 Decentralization

The Evolution of Everything 96%

The same undirected process that built the eye also built language, money, and the internet.

by Matt Ridley 2015

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3k+ ratings

🕸️ Spontaneous Order 🎭 Cultural Evolution 📜 Big History ⚙️ Technological Evolution 🌐 Decentralization

Mean Genes

by Terry Burnham • 2000

Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 😊 Hedonic Adaptation 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 🎲 Risk Perception

Mean Genes 96%

Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.

by Terry Burnham 2000

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 😊 Hedonic Adaptation 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 🎲 Risk Perception

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.

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🧠 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? 96%

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

Consilience

by Edward O. Wilson • 1998

The biologist who thinks evolution can reunite sciences with the humanities, from neurons to art.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🐝 Sociobiology ⚛️ Reductionism

Consilience 96%

The biologist who thinks evolution can reunite sciences with the humanities, from neurons to art.

by Edward O. Wilson 1998

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🐝 Sociobiology ⚛️ Reductionism

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.

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🧠 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 95%

Your brain is built for the Stone Age; the modern world has learned every button to push.

by Douglas T. Kenrick 2022

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46 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🪨 Modern Mismatch 🧱 Environment Design 🤝 Friendship Science 👑 Status Seeking

Wired for Culture

by Mark Pagel • 2012

Culture isn't a byproduct of big brains. It's the reason we have them.

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🦴 Evolutionary Anthropology 🔄 Cultural Evolution 👥 Social Learning 📚 Cumulative Culture 🤝 Group Cooperation

Wired for Culture 95%

Culture isn't a byproduct of big brains. It's the reason we have them.

by Mark Pagel 2012

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296 ratings

🦴 Evolutionary Anthropology 🔄 Cultural Evolution 👥 Social Learning 📚 Cumulative Culture 🤝 Group Cooperation

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.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Human Mating 🦚 Sexual Selection ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch 🙏 Psychology Of Religion

Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters Summary

Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters 95%

The mating dance, boardroom gambles, and prayer: all driven by a brain built for the savannah.

by Alan S. Miller 2006

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Human Mating 🦚 Sexual Selection ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch 🙏 Psychology Of Religion

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.

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🧬 Human Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧩 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Social Brain 🔮 Predictive Brain

How the Mind Changed 95%

The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.

by Joseph Jebelli 2022

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348 ratings

🧬 Human Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧩 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Social Brain 🔮 Predictive Brain

Supernormal Stimuli

by Deirdre Barrett • 2010

Giant fake eggs fool geese. Junk food, screens, and porn pull the same trick on you.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch 🎣 Instinct Hijacking 🍔 Consumption And Craving 📺 Media Effects

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

The Extended Phenotype

by Richard Dawkins • 1982

Genes don't stop at skin: a beaver dam is a genetic tool, like the teeth.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Gene-Level Selection 🔍 Adaptationism 🧠 Cultural Evolution 🦊 Animal Behavior

The Extended Phenotype 95%

Genes don't stop at skin: a beaver dam is a genetic tool, like the teeth.

by Richard Dawkins 1982

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Gene-Level Selection 🔍 Adaptationism 🧠 Cultural Evolution 🦊 Animal Behavior

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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🔄 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💭 Memetics 🦠 Cultural Viruses 🔁 Mental Programming

Virus of the Mind 95%

Your beliefs spread the way colds do. They evolved to be catchy, not true.

by Richard Brodie 1995

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2k+ ratings

🔄 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💭 Memetics 🦠 Cultural Viruses 🔁 Mental Programming

The Human Story

by Robin I.M. Dunbar • 2004

Gossip, laughter, gods: how the social brain made us human, and the number behind it.

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🦍 Human Evolution 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Theory Of Mind 🗣️ Language Evolution 🎨 Symbolic Thinking

The Human Story 95%

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

Pandora's Seed

by Spencer Wells • 2010

Farming gave us civilization. It also gave us chronic disease, overstimulation, and fundamentalism.

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🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🌾 Agriculture's Costs 🧫 Recent Human Evolution 🫀 Diseases Of Civilization 🧪 Genetic Ethics

Pandora's Seed 95%

Farming gave us civilization. It also gave us chronic disease, overstimulation, and fundamentalism.

by Spencer Wells 2010

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🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🌾 Agriculture's Costs 🧫 Recent Human Evolution 🫀 Diseases Of Civilization 🧪 Genetic Ethics

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?

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🧠 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 95%

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

Cognitive Gadgets

by Cecilia Heyes • 2018

Imitation and language are not instincts. They are cultural tools, rebuilt in every childhood.

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🧠 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Cognitive Psychology 👶 Cognitive Development 👥 Social Learning 📖 Cultural Transmission

Cognitive Gadgets 95%

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

Our Kind

by Marvin Harris • 1989

Built for a lost world: why we crave, worship, and wage war, from an anthropologist.

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🧬 Human Evolution 🏺 Prehistory 🏛️ Cultural Evolution 🗣️ Origin Of Language 📊 Social Hierarchy

Our Kind 95%

Built for a lost world: why we crave, worship, and wage war, from an anthropologist.

by Marvin Harris 1989

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672 ratings

🧬 Human Evolution 🏺 Prehistory 🏛️ Cultural Evolution 🗣️ Origin Of Language 📊 Social Hierarchy

FREEDOM

by Jeremy Griffith • 2016

Moral instinct and conscious mind are at war. Understanding why ends the war.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦴 Human Origins ⚔️ Instinct Versus Reason 🤝 Altruism Evolution 💭 Consciousness Studies

FREEDOM 95%

Moral instinct and conscious mind are at war. Understanding why ends the war.

by Jeremy Griffith 2016

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607 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦴 Human Origins ⚔️ Instinct Versus Reason 🤝 Altruism Evolution 💭 Consciousness Studies

The Expanding Circle

by Peter Singer • 1981

Morality started with vampire bats, not God. Reason is taking it further than evolution ever could.

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🧬 Evolutionary Ethics 📈 Moral Progress ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Altruism

The Expanding Circle 95%

Morality started with vampire bats, not God. Reason is taking it further than evolution ever could.

by Peter Singer 1981

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626 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Ethics 📈 Moral Progress ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Altruism

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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🧬 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

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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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Human Nature 🐒 Behavioral Evolution 🎭 Self-Deception 💑 Mating Strategies

The Moral Animal 95%

Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.

by Robert Wright 1994

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12k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Human Nature 🐒 Behavioral Evolution 🎭 Self-Deception 💑 Mating Strategies

Consuming Instinct

by Gad Saad • 2011

Your cravings for burgers, Ferraris, and porn all trace back to the same evolutionary wiring.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🛒 Consumer Psychology 📊 Behavioral Economics 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 💋 Sexual Selection

Consuming Instinct 95%

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

Ultrasociety

by Peter Turchin • 2015

War did not just destroy. Over ten millennia, it built the greatest cooperators on Earth.

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🧬 Cultural Evolution 📜 Big History 👥 Group Selection ⚔️ Warfare And Society 🏛️ State Formation

Ultrasociety 95%

War did not just destroy. Over ten millennia, it built the greatest cooperators on Earth.

by Peter Turchin 2015

4.11

464 ratings

🧬 Cultural Evolution 📜 Big History 👥 Group Selection ⚔️ Warfare And Society 🏛️ State Formation

From Darwin to Derrida

by David Haig • 2020

Meaning and purpose seem beyond physics. This biologist argues they are products of it.

3.69

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🤔 Philosophy Of Biology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 💡 Naturalized Meaning 🧩 Selfish Gene Theory

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

Behind the Mirror

by Konrad Lorenz • 1973

Space, time, causality: not mental inventions but biological adaptations to a real world.

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🧬 Philosophy Of Biology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🗣️ Language And Thought 🐾 Animal Cognition

Behind the Mirror 95%

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 Intelligence Paradox

by Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012

Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Intelligence Research 🌍 Evolutionary Mismatch ⚡ Iq Controversy 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture

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

A Brief History of Intelligence

by Max Solomon Bennett • 2023

Five evolutionary breakthroughs built your brain. Each one reveals what AI is still missing.

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🧠 Evolutionary Biology 🧩 Cognitive Science 🦎 Brain Evolution 🤔 Theory Of Mind 🗣️ Language Evolution

A Brief History of Intelligence 95%

Five evolutionary breakthroughs built your brain. Each one reveals what AI is still missing.

by Max Solomon Bennett 2023

4.46

5k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Biology 🧩 Cognitive Science 🦎 Brain Evolution 🤔 Theory Of Mind 🗣️ Language Evolution

Invisible Rivals

by Jonathan R Goodman • 2025

We compete constantly without knowing it; language is the weapon that hides the battle.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🕵️ Hidden Motives 🤝 Cooperation And Cheating 🎫 Moral Licensing 🪞 Self-Deception

Invisible Rivals 95%

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

The Human Swarm

by Mark W. Moffett • 2019

Societies don't run on cooperation. They run on identity markers strangers can spot at a glance.

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🏘️ Social Cohesion 🪪 Group Identity 🏴 Tribalism ⚔️ Intergroup Conflict 📈 Societal Evolution

The Human Swarm 94%

Societies don't run on cooperation. They run on identity markers strangers can spot at a glance.

by Mark W. Moffett 2019

3.65

466 ratings

🏘️ Social Cohesion 🪪 Group Identity 🏴 Tribalism ⚔️ Intergroup Conflict 📈 Societal Evolution

Age of Empathy

by Frans de Waal • 2009

Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.

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🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐘 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🤝 Cooperation Evolution

Age of Empathy 94%

Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.

by Frans de Waal 2009

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🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐘 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🤝 Cooperation Evolution

The Empathic Civilization

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2009

Every energy revolution expanded human empathy. Now that same engine threatens to undo us all.

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937

🏛️ Big History 🫂 Empathy Studies 📈 Moral Progress ⚡ Energy And Civilization 🌍 Ecological Philosophy

The Empathic Civilization 94%

Every energy revolution expanded human empathy. Now that same engine threatens to undo us all.

by Jeremy Rifkin 2009

4.03

937 ratings

🏛️ Big History 🫂 Empathy Studies 📈 Moral Progress ⚡ Energy And Civilization 🌍 Ecological Philosophy

The Penguin and the Leviathan

by Yochai Benkler • 2011

Economic models assume selfishness. Brain scans, blood banks, and Wikipedia tell a different story.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💡 Intrinsic Motivation 👥 Social Norms 🌐 Online Collaboration

The Penguin and the Leviathan 94%

Economic models assume selfishness. Brain scans, blood banks, and Wikipedia tell a different story.

by Yochai Benkler 2011

3.70

351 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💡 Intrinsic Motivation 👥 Social Norms 🌐 Online Collaboration

Moral Tribes

by Joshua D. Greene • 2013

Your moral brain has a tribal mode and a modern mode. The tribal one keeps winning.

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🧠 Moral Psychology ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🏴 Tribalism 🤝 Cooperation

Moral Tribes 94%

Your moral brain has a tribal mode and a modern mode. The tribal one keeps winning.

by Joshua D. Greene 2013

4.02

3k+ ratings

🧠 Moral Psychology ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🏴 Tribalism 🤝 Cooperation

On Human Nature

by Roger Scruton • 2017

Genes and memes don't explain why you honor your dead, laugh, or hold someone accountable.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📖 Narrative Identity 🏛️ Virtue Ethics

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

The Story of the Human Body

by Daniel E. Lieberman • 2013

Our bodies evolved for a vanished world, and the mismatch now drives modern chronic disease.

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🦴 Human Evolution 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🥩 Ancestral Health 🍽️ Diet And Evolution 🏛️ Cultural Evolution

The Story of the Human Body 94%

Our bodies evolved for a vanished world, and the mismatch now drives modern chronic disease.

by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013

4.27

9k+ ratings

🦴 Human Evolution 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🥩 Ancestral Health 🍽️ Diet And Evolution 🏛️ Cultural Evolution

The Science of Good and Evil

by Michael Shermer • 2004

Good and evil are evolutionary strategies, and science can decipher them.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Evolution Of Morality ✨ Secular Ethics 🔬 Moral Psychology 🕊️ Altruism

The Science of Good and Evil 94%

Good and evil are evolutionary strategies, and science can decipher them.

by Michael Shermer 2004

3.91

3k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Evolution Of Morality ✨ Secular Ethics 🔬 Moral Psychology 🕊️ Altruism

The Weirdest People in the World

by Joseph Henrich • 2020

How a medieval church's war on cousin marriage made the West individualistic, analytical, and rich.

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🧠 Cultural Psychology 🦴 Evolutionary Anthropology 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kinship And Social Structure 🧪 Cross-Cultural Experiments 🔄 Cultural Evolution Theory

The Weirdest People in the World Summary

The Weirdest People in the World 94%

How a medieval church's war on cousin marriage made the West individualistic, analytical, and rich.

by Joseph Henrich 2020

4.13

4k+ ratings

🧠 Cultural Psychology 🦴 Evolutionary Anthropology 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kinship And Social Structure 🧪 Cross-Cultural Experiments 🔄 Cultural Evolution Theory

The Great Mental Models Volume 2

by Shane Parrish • 2019

The best mental tools come from physics, chemistry, and biology, not business books.

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🧠 Mental Models 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💸 Behavioral Economics 📈 Business Strategy

The Great Mental Models Volume 2 Summary

The Great Mental Models Volume 2 94%

The best mental tools come from physics, chemistry, and biology, not business books.

by Shane Parrish 2019

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Models 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💸 Behavioral Economics 📈 Business Strategy

The Ten Types of Human

by Dexter Dias • 2018

Your brain runs ten minds. One feels another's pain. One learns to enjoy causing it.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Behavioral Science 🤝 Social Bonding 💕 Empathy 💔 Psychological Trauma

The Ten Types of Human 94%

Your brain runs ten minds. One feels another's pain. One learns to enjoy causing it.

by Dexter Dias 2018

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