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Anthropology

Our shared human story unfolds through the lens of cultures, societies, and primal behaviors that shape who we are. Here you'll find compelling investigations into human nature, from our ancient origins and evolutionary past to the hidden codes that drive modern communities and marketplaces.

Anthropology Book Summaries

The World Beyond Your Head
by Matthew B. Crawford • 2015
Your attention is being strip-mined by design. The way out is physical, skilled, and shared.
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2k+
💰 Attention Economy🔍 Phenomenology👤 Embodied Cognition⚙️ Critique Of Technology🎯 Attention Management
The World Beyond Your Head Summary
The World Beyond Your Head
Your attention is being strip-mined by design. The way out is physical, skilled, and shared.
by Matthew B. Crawford 2015 257 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
💰 Attention Economy🔍 Phenomenology👤 Embodied Cognition⚙️ Critique Of Technology🎯 Attention Management
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
by Weston A. Price • 1939
Traditional diets prevented tooth decay for millennia. Modern foods reversed this in a generation.
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2k+
🥩 Traditional Diets🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition🥚 Nutrient Density🏭 Processed Food Critique🦷 Dental Decay Prevention
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Summary
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
Traditional diets prevented tooth decay for millennia. Modern foods reversed this in a generation.
by Weston A. Price 1939 524 pages
4.39
2k+ ratings
🥩 Traditional Diets🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition🥚 Nutrient Density🏭 Processed Food Critique🦷 Dental Decay Prevention
Africa Is Not a Country
by Dipo Faloyin • 2022
Fifty-four countries, 1.4 billion people: the West keeps mistaking a continent for a country.
4.38
11k+
🌍 African Studies📜 Postcolonial Studies🏛️ Colonial History🎭 Cultural Stereotypes🧬 African Diaspora
Africa Is Not a Country Summary
Africa Is Not a Country
Fifty-four countries, 1.4 billion people: the West keeps mistaking a continent for a country.
by Dipo Faloyin 2022 343 pages
4.38
11k+ ratings
🌍 African Studies📜 Postcolonial Studies🏛️ Colonial History🎭 Cultural Stereotypes🧬 African Diaspora
The Chemical Muse
by D.C.A. Hillman • 2008
Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.
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177
🍄 Entheogenic History🏛️ Classical Revisionism🎭 Creative Intoxication🌿 Plant Medicine🍷 Ritual Intoxication
The Chemical Muse Summary
The Chemical Muse
Classical civilization was built on psychoactive plants. The story of how history erased that.
by D.C.A. Hillman 2008 256 pages
3.89
177 ratings
🍄 Entheogenic History🏛️ Classical Revisionism🎭 Creative Intoxication🌿 Plant Medicine🍷 Ritual Intoxication
The Dragons of Eden
by Carl Sagan • 1977
Your skull houses a reptile, a mammal, and a thinker, and they rarely get along.
4.19
21k+
📖 Popular Science🧠 Brain Evolution🦴 Human Origins🤔 Evolutionary Psychology🤖 Artificial Intelligence
The Dragons of Eden Summary
The Dragons of Eden
Your skull houses a reptile, a mammal, and a thinker, and they rarely get along.
by Carl Sagan 1977 271 pages
4.19
21k+ ratings
📖 Popular Science🧠 Brain Evolution🦴 Human Origins🤔 Evolutionary Psychology🤖 Artificial Intelligence
The Alien Agendas
by Richard M. Dolan • 2020
Multiple alien species, competing agendas, and a hybridization program that may already be complete.
4.18
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🛸 Ufology👽 Alien Abduction🕵️ Government Cover-Ups🏛️ Ancient Aliens🧠 Consciousness Studies
The Alien Agendas Summary
The Alien Agendas
Multiple alien species, competing agendas, and a hybridization program that may already be complete.
by Richard M. Dolan 2020 257 pages
4.18
440 ratings
🛸 Ufology👽 Alien Abduction🕵️ Government Cover-Ups🏛️ Ancient Aliens🧠 Consciousness Studies
Happy as a Dane
by Malene Rydahl • 2014
Denmark wins at happiness. The reason isn't money or luck: it's ten learnable cultural habits.
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🇩🇰 Danish Culture🤝 Social Trust⚖️ Work Life Balance📊 Happiness Research📈 Social Mobility
Happy as a Dane Summary
Happy as a Dane
Denmark wins at happiness. The reason isn't money or luck: it's ten learnable cultural habits.
by Malene Rydahl 2014 144 pages
3.46
500+ ratings
🇩🇰 Danish Culture🤝 Social Trust⚖️ Work Life Balance📊 Happiness Research📈 Social Mobility
Salt
by Mark Kurlansky • 2002
Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.
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🧂 Commodity Histories🍽️ Food History🔍 Microhistory🧾 Taxation History🚢 Trade Routes
Salt Summary
Salt
Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.
by Mark Kurlansky 2002 484 pages
3.75
77k+ ratings
🧂 Commodity Histories🍽️ Food History🔍 Microhistory🧾 Taxation History🚢 Trade Routes
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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2k+
🐒 Primatology🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🐘 Animal Cognition⚖️ Origins Of Morality🤝 Cooperation Evolution
Age of Empathy Summary
Age of Empathy
Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.
by Frans de Waal 2009 304 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
🐒 Primatology🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🐘 Animal Cognition⚖️ Origins Of Morality🤝 Cooperation Evolution
Origins of Human Communication
by Michael Tomasello • 1999
Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.
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🧬 Evolutionary Linguistics🤝 Cooperative Communication👋 Gesture Studies🐒 Comparative Psychology📚 Cultural Transmission
Origins of Human Communication Summary
Origins of Human Communication
Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.
by Michael Tomasello 1999 393 pages
4.14
299 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Linguistics🤝 Cooperative Communication👋 Gesture Studies🐒 Comparative Psychology📚 Cultural Transmission
Argonauts of the Western Pacific; An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea.
by Bronisław Malinowski • 1922
A Pacific ceremonial shell ring reveals an economy driven by honor, not self-interest.
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🏦 Economic Anthropology🎁 Gift Economies📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork👁️ Participant Observation🔄 Ceremonial Exchange
Argonauts of the Western Pacific; An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea. Summary
Argonauts of the Western Pacific; An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea.
A Pacific ceremonial shell ring reveals an economy driven by honor, not self-interest.
by Bronisław Malinowski 1922 614 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
🏦 Economic Anthropology🎁 Gift Economies📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork👁️ Participant Observation🔄 Ceremonial Exchange
The Blue Zones
by Dan Buettner • 2008
In four pockets of the world, people routinely hit 100. The common thread isn't willpower.
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🧬 Longevity Science🩺 Lifestyle Medicine🥬 Plant-Based Diets🚶 Natural Movement🏡 Environment Design
The Blue Zones Summary
The Blue Zones
In four pockets of the world, people routinely hit 100. The common thread isn't willpower.
by Dan Buettner 2008 320 pages
4.07
13k+ ratings
🧬 Longevity Science🩺 Lifestyle Medicine🥬 Plant-Based Diets🚶 Natural Movement🏡 Environment Design
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts
by Baba Ifa Karade • 1994
Yoruba faith: one God, many Orishas, divination, and the code of balanced character.
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🌍 Yoruba Religion🕯️ Orisha Traditions🔮 Divination Systems👴 Ancestral Veneration🌿 Spiritual Initiation
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts Summary
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts
Yoruba faith: one God, many Orishas, divination, and the code of balanced character.
by Baba Ifa Karade 1994 144 pages
4.24
500+ ratings
🌍 Yoruba Religion🕯️ Orisha Traditions🔮 Divination Systems👴 Ancestral Veneration🌿 Spiritual Initiation
Plagues and Peoples
by William H. McNeill • 1976
Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.
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💡 Big History🦠 Disease And Civilization📜 Medical History🌿 Environmental History🧬 Coevolution
Plagues and Peoples Summary
Plagues and Peoples
Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.
by William H. McNeill 1976 368 pages
3.87
5k+ ratings
💡 Big History🦠 Disease And Civilization📜 Medical History🌿 Environmental History🧬 Coevolution
Viking Age Iceland
by Jesse L. Byock • 2001
No king, no army, no taxes: the machinery that held Viking Iceland together for three centuries.
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🪓 Viking Age🏔️ Medieval Scandinavia🇮🇸 Icelandic History📜 Saga Studies⚖️ Legal History
Viking Age Iceland Summary
Viking Age Iceland
No king, no army, no taxes: the machinery that held Viking Iceland together for three centuries.
by Jesse L. Byock 2001 448 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
🪓 Viking Age🏔️ Medieval Scandinavia🇮🇸 Icelandic History📜 Saga Studies⚖️ Legal History
The Philosophical Baby
by Alison Gopnik • 2003
Babies notice everything adults filter out. What children's minds reveal about truth, love, meaning.
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🧠 Developmental Psychology👶 Child Cognition🎭 Imagination And Play⚖️ Moral Development🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
The Philosophical Baby Summary
The Philosophical Baby
Babies notice everything adults filter out. What children's minds reveal about truth, love, meaning.
by Alison Gopnik 2003 304 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
🧠 Developmental Psychology👶 Child Cognition🎭 Imagination And Play⚖️ Moral Development🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
The Eye of the Master
by Matteo Pasquinelli • 2023
AI was never about thinking machines. It was built to measure, rank, and control workers.
4.06
292
🧠 Critical AI Studies💻 History Of Computing🏭 Division Of Labor🐝 Collective Intelligence📏 Psychometric History
The Eye of the Master Summary
The Eye of the Master
AI was never about thinking machines. It was built to measure, rank, and control workers.
by Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 272 pages
4.06
292 ratings
🧠 Critical AI Studies💻 History Of Computing🏭 Division Of Labor🐝 Collective Intelligence📏 Psychometric History
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
by Bruce D. Perry • 2007
For traumatized children, the most potent healing force isn't therapy but loving relationships.
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🧩 Developmental Trauma🧠 Child Psychiatry🧬 Neuroscience Of Trauma💞 Relational Healing👶 Attachment Theory
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook Summary
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
For traumatized children, the most potent healing force isn't therapy but loving relationships.
by Bruce D. Perry 2007 275 pages
4.58
42k+ ratings
🧩 Developmental Trauma🧠 Child Psychiatry🧬 Neuroscience Of Trauma💞 Relational Healing👶 Attachment Theory
A Short History of Myth
by Karen Armstrong • 2005
We traded myth for reason and got neither meaning nor a world we can bear.
3.69
6k+
📚 Comparative Mythology📜 Religious History✨ Sacred Experience🔮 Ritual And Symbol🌾 Goddess Traditions
A Short History of Myth Summary
A Short History of Myth
We traded myth for reason and got neither meaning nor a world we can bear.
by Karen Armstrong 2005 159 pages
3.69
6k+ ratings
📚 Comparative Mythology📜 Religious History✨ Sacred Experience🔮 Ritual And Symbol🌾 Goddess Traditions
LatinoLand
by Marie Arana • 2024
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
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500+
🪪 Latino Identity🧳 Immigration History📚 Ethnic Studies🧬 Racial Formation🗣️ Immigrant Narratives
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
by Marie Arana 2024 573 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
🪪 Latino Identity🧳 Immigration History📚 Ethnic Studies🧬 Racial Formation🗣️ Immigrant Narratives
The Knowledge Illusion
by Steven Sloman • 2017
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
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2k+
🎭 Cognitive Biases🌐 Distributed Cognition👥 Collective Intelligence🤔 Intellectual Humility🤸 Embodied Cognition
The Knowledge Illusion Summary
The Knowledge Illusion
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
by Steven Sloman 2017 304 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
🎭 Cognitive Biases🌐 Distributed Cognition👥 Collective Intelligence🤔 Intellectual Humility🤸 Embodied Cognition
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
Your brain was built for the savannah. Why ancient instincts still steer every choice you make.
by Robert Winston 2002 352 pages
4.00
464 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Sociobiology⚡ Mismatch Theory💕 Mate Preferences👨‍👩‍👧 Kin Selection
The Madness of Crowds
by Douglas Murray • 2019
Identity politics became the West's substitute faith. A gay dissenter counts what we are losing.
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17k+
🏷️ Identity Politics⚔️ Culture Wars🚫 Cancel Culture🩹 Victimhood Culture🏛️ Cultural Conservatism
The Madness of Crowds Summary
The Madness of Crowds
Identity politics became the West's substitute faith. A gay dissenter counts what we are losing.
by Douglas Murray 2019 288 pages
4.20
17k+ ratings
🏷️ Identity Politics⚔️ Culture Wars🚫 Cancel Culture🩹 Victimhood Culture🏛️ Cultural Conservatism
The Healing Wisdom of Africa
by Malidoma Patrice Somé • 1999
A West African elder's ritual and community practices for restoring the purpose you forgot.
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🌿 Indigenous Wisdom🌍 African Spirituality🕯️ Ritual Healing🤝 Community Healing🧭 Life Purpose
The Healing Wisdom of Africa Summary
The Healing Wisdom of Africa
A West African elder's ritual and community practices for restoring the purpose you forgot.
by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1999 352 pages
4.48
474 ratings
🌿 Indigenous Wisdom🌍 African Spirituality🕯️ Ritual Healing🤝 Community Healing🧭 Life Purpose
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 1997
Testosterone amplifies aggression, it doesn't cause it. Biology is never destiny.
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2k+
🧬 Behavioral Biology📝 Science Essays❤️ Stress And Health🧪 Hormones And Behavior🐒 Primate Behavior
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament Summary
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament
Testosterone amplifies aggression, it doesn't cause it. Biology is never destiny.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 1997 288 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
🧬 Behavioral Biology📝 Science Essays❤️ Stress And Health🧪 Hormones And Behavior🐒 Primate Behavior
Watching the English
by Kate Fox • 2004
The English have a secret code for weather, queues, and pubs. An anthropologist cracks it.
3.91
11k+
🇬🇧 Englishness🔍 Pop Anthropology📜 Unwritten Rules🎩 Politeness Rituals🧐 British Class System
Watching the English Summary
Watching the English
The English have a secret code for weather, queues, and pubs. An anthropologist cracks it.
by Kate Fox 2004 583 pages
3.91
11k+ ratings
🇬🇧 Englishness🔍 Pop Anthropology📜 Unwritten Rules🎩 Politeness Rituals🧐 British Class System
The Cry for Myth
by Rollo May • 1991
What if myths aren't falsehoods but the psychological scaffolding a mind cannot function without?
4.07
442
🧠 Existential Psychology📖 Myth And Meaning🪪 Narrative Identity🌓 Jungian Psychology🌍 Cultural Psychology
The Cry for Myth Summary
The Cry for Myth
What if myths aren't falsehoods but the psychological scaffolding a mind cannot function without?
by Rollo May 1991 322 pages
4.07
442 ratings
🧠 Existential Psychology📖 Myth And Meaning🪪 Narrative Identity🌓 Jungian Psychology🌍 Cultural Psychology
The Disappearance of Rituals
by Byung-Chul Han • 2019
Your exhaustion isn't overwork. It's a world that has stripped out every ritual.
3.98
3k+
📰 Cultural Criticism🕊️ Ritual Studies💰 Neoliberal Critique🏘️ Loss Of Community🏛️ Erosion Of Public Sphere
The Disappearance of Rituals Summary
The Disappearance of Rituals
Your exhaustion isn't overwork. It's a world that has stripped out every ritual.
by Byung-Chul Han 2019 186 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
📰 Cultural Criticism🕊️ Ritual Studies💰 Neoliberal Critique🏘️ Loss Of Community🏛️ Erosion Of Public Sphere
Orientalism
by Edward W. Said • 1978
Western knowledge of the East was never innocent: it invented the Orient to justify imperial rule.
4.14
30k+
📚 Postcolonial Theory🏛️ Cultural Imperialism👤 Othering📖 Colonial Knowledge💬 Discourse Analysis
Orientalism Summary
Orientalism
Western knowledge of the East was never innocent: it invented the Orient to justify imperial rule.
by Edward W. Said 1978 424 pages
4.14
30k+ ratings
📚 Postcolonial Theory🏛️ Cultural Imperialism👤 Othering📖 Colonial Knowledge💬 Discourse Analysis
Shroom
by Andy Letcher • 2007
From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.
3.87
375
🍄 Cultural History🔬 Psychedelic Research⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy🧠 Transpersonal Psychology✨ Mystical Experiences
Shroom Summary
Shroom
From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.
by Andy Letcher 2007 384 pages
3.87
375 ratings
🍄 Cultural History🔬 Psychedelic Research⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy🧠 Transpersonal Psychology✨ Mystical Experiences
Escape from Evil
by Ernest Becker • 1985
Ritual, rank, and wealth are all attempts to live forever. The attempt itself produces evil.
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🧭 Social Theory🏛️ Cultural Anthropology💀 Terror Management Theory🕯️ Ritual Sacrifice💰 Psychology Of Money
Escape from Evil Summary
Escape from Evil
Ritual, rank, and wealth are all attempts to live forever. The attempt itself produces evil.
by Ernest Becker 1985 208 pages
4.4
500+ ratings
🧭 Social Theory🏛️ Cultural Anthropology💀 Terror Management Theory🕯️ Ritual Sacrifice💰 Psychology Of Money
Monkeyluv
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2005
A parasite can make a rat crave the smell of a cat, and that's only the beginning.
4.24
2k+
🐒 Primate Behavior🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction🧠 Stress Physiology🦠 Parasite Manipulation⏳ Impulse Control
Monkeyluv Summary
Monkeyluv
A parasite can make a rat crave the smell of a cat, and that's only the beginning.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2005 209 pages
4.24
2k+ ratings
🐒 Primate Behavior🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction🧠 Stress Physiology🦠 Parasite Manipulation⏳ Impulse Control
The Lives of a Cell
by Lewis Thomas • 1974
You are a mobile habitat, viruses are roaming genes, and Earth is a single cell.
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📝 Science Essays🌲 Nature Writing🤝 Symbiosis🦠 Cellular Biology🧬 Evolutionary Biology
The Lives of a Cell Summary
The Lives of a Cell
You are a mobile habitat, viruses are roaming genes, and Earth is a single cell.
by Lewis Thomas 1974 160 pages
4.14
10k+ ratings
📝 Science Essays🌲 Nature Writing🤝 Symbiosis🦠 Cellular Biology🧬 Evolutionary Biology
America Before
by Graham Hancock • 2019
Mainstream archaeology says the Americas were settled 13,000 years ago. The evidence says 100,000.
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3k+
🏛️ Lost Civilizations🔍 Alternative Archaeology🗺️ Ancient Americas☄️ Catastrophism⭐ Ancient Astronomy
America Before Summary
America Before
Mainstream archaeology says the Americas were settled 13,000 years ago. The evidence says 100,000.
by Graham Hancock 2019 624 pages
4.13
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Lost Civilizations🔍 Alternative Archaeology🗺️ Ancient Americas☄️ Catastrophism⭐ Ancient Astronomy
When Men Behave Badly
by David M. Buss • 2021
Men misread smiles, women freeze: the evolutionary logic of sexual conflict.
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🔬 Evolutionary Psychology💞 Mating Psychology⚔️ Sexual Aggression🚨 Intimate Partner Violence🖤 Dark Personality Traits
When Men Behave Badly Summary
When Men Behave Badly
Men misread smiles, women freeze: the evolutionary logic of sexual conflict.
by David M. Buss 2021 336 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
🔬 Evolutionary Psychology💞 Mating Psychology⚔️ Sexual Aggression🚨 Intimate Partner Violence🖤 Dark Personality Traits
The Bonobo and the Atheist
by Frans de Waal • 2013
Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.
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🐒 Primatology⚖️ Origins Of Morality🫂 Animal Empathy🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation📊 Social Hierarchy
The Bonobo and the Atheist Summary
The Bonobo and the Atheist
Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.
by Frans de Waal 2013 289 pages
4.15
5k+ ratings
🐒 Primatology⚖️ Origins Of Morality🫂 Animal Empathy🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation📊 Social Hierarchy
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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8k+
🦴 Human Evolution🏥 Evolutionary Medicine🥩 Ancestral Health🍽️ Diet And Evolution🏛️ Cultural Evolution
The Story of the Human Body Summary
The Story of the Human Body
Our bodies evolved for a vanished world, and the mismatch now drives modern chronic disease.
by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013 480 pages
4.27
8k+ ratings
🦴 Human Evolution🏥 Evolutionary Medicine🥩 Ancestral Health🍽️ Diet And Evolution🏛️ Cultural Evolution
The Archaeology of Mind
by Jaak Panksepp • 2012
Ancient brain circuits shared with every mammal produce your emotions. Thought shows up late.
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410
🧠 Affective Neuroscience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Neurobiology🐾 Animal Emotions🌊 Evolution Of Emotion
The Archaeology of Mind Summary
The Archaeology of Mind
Ancient brain circuits shared with every mammal produce your emotions. Thought shows up late.
by Jaak Panksepp 2012 592 pages
4.44
410 ratings
🧠 Affective Neuroscience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Neurobiology🐾 Animal Emotions🌊 Evolution Of Emotion
Everyone Is African
by Daniel J. Fairbanks • 2015
Race isn't in your genes. Africa is, for everyone, and the science is unequivocal.
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🧬 Human Genetics🔬 Scientific Racism🧬 Genetic Ancestry🌍 Out Of Africa🏥 Health Disparities
Everyone Is African Summary
Everyone Is African
Race isn't in your genes. Africa is, for everyone, and the science is unequivocal.
by Daniel J. Fairbanks 2015 191 pages
4.12
144 ratings
🧬 Human Genetics🔬 Scientific Racism🧬 Genetic Ancestry🌍 Out Of Africa🏥 Health Disparities
Money
by David McWilliams • 2024
Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.
4.17
2k+
💰 Monetary History💳 Credit And Debt📉 Boom And Bust👑 Power And Money💡 Financial Innovation
Money Summary
Money
Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.
by David McWilliams 2024 413 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
💰 Monetary History💳 Credit And Debt📉 Boom And Bust👑 Power And Money💡 Financial Innovation
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living
by Jeff S. Volek • 2011
The clinical case for fat as fuel: why ketosis heals what carbohydrate overload breaks.
4.21
2k+
🩸 Metabolic Health🥩 Low-Carb Diets🧬 Ancestral Health🫀 Insulin Resistance🧈 Saturated Fat
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living Summary
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living
The clinical case for fat as fuel: why ketosis heals what carbohydrate overload breaks.
by Jeff S. Volek 2011 316 pages
4.21
2k+ ratings
🩸 Metabolic Health🥩 Low-Carb Diets🧬 Ancestral Health🫀 Insulin Resistance🧈 Saturated Fat
Executive Functions
by Russell A. Barkley • 2012
Executive functions didn't evolve for cognition. They evolved to survive group life with strangers.
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126
🧠 Executive Function⚖️ Self-Regulation🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Mental Time Travel🤝 Social Cognition
Executive Functions Summary
Executive Functions
Executive functions didn't evolve for cognition. They evolved to survive group life with strangers.
by Russell A. Barkley 2012 244 pages
4.06
126 ratings
🧠 Executive Function⚖️ Self-Regulation🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Mental Time Travel🤝 Social Cognition
Sacred Economics
by Charles Eisenstein • 2011
Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.
4.21
1k+
🏛 Heterodox Economics🎁 Gift Economies🌳 Commons And Enclosures⏳ Post-Growth Economics🕊 Spiritual Ecology
Sacred Economics Summary
Sacred Economics
Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.
by Charles Eisenstein 2011 469 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏛 Heterodox Economics🎁 Gift Economies🌳 Commons And Enclosures⏳ Post-Growth Economics🕊 Spiritual Ecology
The Hidden Brain
by Shankar Vedantam • 2009
Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.
3.99
3k+
🧠 Unconscious Bias🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics🧨 Radicalization
The Hidden Brain Summary
The Hidden Brain
Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.
by Shankar Vedantam 2009 270 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
🧠 Unconscious Bias🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics🧨 Radicalization
Why We Lie
by David Livingstone Smith • 2004
Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.
3.62
260
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🎭 Self-Deception🤥 Deception🗡️ Machiavellian Intelligence🌌 Unconscious Mind
Why We Lie Summary
Why We Lie
Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.
by David Livingstone Smith 2004 256 pages
3.62
260 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🎭 Self-Deception🤥 Deception🗡️ Machiavellian Intelligence🌌 Unconscious Mind
The Pattern Seekers
by Simon Baron-Cohen • 2020
The cognitive engine behind human invention also explains autism; it emerged 70,000 years ago.
3.49
1k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Autism Research♾️ Neurodiversity🔗 Causal Reasoning🔍 Pattern Recognition
The Pattern Seekers Summary
The Pattern Seekers
The cognitive engine behind human invention also explains autism; it emerged 70,000 years ago.
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2020 272 pages
3.49
1k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Autism Research♾️ Neurodiversity🔗 Causal Reasoning🔍 Pattern Recognition
The Invention of the Jewish People
by Shlomo Sand • 2008
The Jewish nation is a modern construct; there was no ancient exile or biological lineage.
4.13
1k+
🕎 Jewish History📜 National Myths🔄 Religious Conversion🇮🇱 Israeli History🔍 Revisionist History
The Invention of the Jewish People Summary
The Invention of the Jewish People
The Jewish nation is a modern construct; there was no ancient exile or biological lineage.
by Shlomo Sand 2008 332 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
🕎 Jewish History📜 National Myths🔄 Religious Conversion🇮🇱 Israeli History🔍 Revisionist History
Cities of God
by Rodney Stark • 2006
Christianity conquered Rome via port cities, personal ties, and 3.4 percent annual growth.
3.74
473
⛪ Early Christianity🏛️ Roman Empire🔬 Sociology Of Religion📊 Quantitative History🏙️ Urban Religion
Cities of God Summary
Cities of God
Christianity conquered Rome via port cities, personal ties, and 3.4 percent annual growth.
by Rodney Stark 2006 288 pages
3.74
473 ratings
⛪ Early Christianity🏛️ Roman Empire🔬 Sociology Of Religion📊 Quantitative History🏙️ Urban Religion
The Silo Effect
by Gillian Tett • 2014
Sony, UBS, and the 2008 crash: one pattern explains them all. An anthropologist's diagnosis.
3.76
1k+
🏢 Organizational Culture🌍 Business Anthropology🧱 Silo Busting🤝 Cross Functional Teams📉 Financial Crises
The Silo Effect Summary
The Silo Effect
Sony, UBS, and the 2008 crash: one pattern explains them all. An anthropologist's diagnosis.
by Gillian Tett 2014 304 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Culture🌍 Business Anthropology🧱 Silo Busting🤝 Cross Functional Teams📉 Financial Crises
How to Save the West
by Spencer Klavan • 2023
The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.
4.27
468
🏛️ Western Civilization📉 Cultural Decline🏺 Classical Philosophy👤 Embodiment🔬 Science And Faith
How to Save the West Summary
How to Save the West
The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.
by Spencer Klavan 2023 256 pages
4.27
468 ratings
🏛️ Western Civilization📉 Cultural Decline🏺 Classical Philosophy👤 Embodiment🔬 Science And Faith
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