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Books like Supernormal Stimuli

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 97%
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
Mean Genes
by Terry Burnham • 2000
Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.
3.85
1k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics😊 Hedonic Adaptation🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch🎲 Risk Perception
Mean Genes Summary
Mean Genes 96%
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
The Science of Sin
by Jack Lewis • 2018
Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.
3.60
230
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🚦 Impulse Control🧘 Emotional Regulation📱 Modern Temptations
The Science of Sin Summary
The Science of Sin 96%
Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.
by Jack Lewis 2018
3.60
230 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🚦 Impulse Control🧘 Emotional Regulation📱 Modern Temptations
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
Kluge
by Gary F. Marcus • 2008
Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.
3.83
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
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 96%
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 95%
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
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 95%
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
Everyday Survival
by Laurence Gonzales • 2008
Smart people fail because the mind's shortcuts were built for a world that no longer exists.
3.59
840
🧠 Cognitive Biases🗺️ Mental Models🔄 Automatic Behavior👥 Group Psychology🕸️ Complex Systems
Everyday Survival Summary
Everyday Survival 95%
Smart people fail because the mind's shortcuts were built for a world that no longer exists.
by Laurence Gonzales 2008
3.59
840 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🗺️ Mental Models🔄 Automatic Behavior👥 Group Psychology🕸️ Complex Systems
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 95%
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
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
La maldición del hombre mono
by Emiliano Bruner • 2025
Why evolution left humans perpetually dissatisfied, and how training attention can change that.
3.67
45
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🐒 Human Evolution🧘 Meditation Practice🎯 Attention Management🗣️ Mental Chatter
La maldición del hombre mono Summary
La maldición del hombre mono 95%
Why evolution left humans perpetually dissatisfied, and how training attention can change that.
by Emiliano Bruner 2025
3.67
45 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🐒 Human Evolution🧘 Meditation Practice🎯 Attention Management🗣️ Mental Chatter
The Attention Fix
by Anders Hansen • 2024
Your brain was built for hunting, not scrolling. The mismatch explains why you cannot focus.
3.89
359
🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch📱 Digital Attention📵 Phone Addiction🧠 Dopamine And Reward⚡ Stress Biology
The Attention Fix Summary
The Attention Fix 95%
Your brain was built for hunting, not scrolling. The mismatch explains why you cannot focus.
by Anders Hansen 2024
3.89
359 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch📱 Digital Attention📵 Phone Addiction🧠 Dopamine And Reward⚡ Stress Biology
Pleased to Meet Me
by Bill Sullivan • 2019
Everything you think you chose, from your breakfast to your beliefs, biology chose first.
4.02
1k+
🧬 Behavioral Genetics🔬 Epigenetics🦠 Microbiome⚙️ Biological Determinism🧠 Cognitive Biases
Pleased to Meet Me Summary
Pleased to Meet Me 95%
Everything you think you chose, from your breakfast to your beliefs, biology chose first.
by Bill Sullivan 2019
4.02
1k+ ratings
🧬 Behavioral Genetics🔬 Epigenetics🦠 Microbiome⚙️ Biological Determinism🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Science of Positivity
by Loretta Graziano Breuning • 2013
Your brain chemicals chase survival, not happiness. Learn their rules to build better circuits.
3.60
519
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⚗️ Brain Chemistry😟 Negativity Bias🔄 Cognitive Rewiring📊 Social Comparison
The Science of Positivity Summary
The Science of Positivity 95%
Your brain chemicals chase survival, not happiness. Learn their rules to build better circuits.
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2013
3.60
519 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⚗️ Brain Chemistry😟 Negativity Bias🔄 Cognitive Rewiring📊 Social Comparison
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 95%
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 Happiness Cure
by Anders Hansen • 2023
Your brain sabotages happiness by design. The biological cure: movement, connection, meaning.
4.06
313
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Evolutionary Psychiatry🦎 Mismatch Theory😶 Happiness Paradox🏃 Exercise Psychiatry
The Happiness Cure Summary
The Happiness Cure 95%
Your brain sabotages happiness by design. The biological cure: movement, connection, meaning.
by Anders Hansen 2023
4.06
313 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Evolutionary Psychiatry🦎 Mismatch Theory😶 Happiness Paradox🏃 Exercise Psychiatry
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? 95%
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
The Intelligence Paradox
by Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012
Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.
3.52
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
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption
by Gad Saad • 2007
Your shopping cart is a fossil. Every purchase reveals a survival strategy from the Pleistocene.
3.87
54
🧠 Consumer Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💎 Conspicuous Consumption📡 Costly Signaling⚠️ Evolutionary Mismatch
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption Summary
The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption 95%
Your shopping cart is a fossil. Every purchase reveals a survival strategy from the Pleistocene.
by Gad Saad 2007
3.87
54 ratings
🧠 Consumer Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💎 Conspicuous Consumption📡 Costly Signaling⚠️ Evolutionary Mismatch
Virus of the Mind
by Richard Brodie • 1995
Your beliefs spread the way colds do. They evolved to be catchy, not true.
3.69
2k+
🔄 Cultural Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💭 Memetics🦠 Cultural Viruses🔁 Mental Programming
Virus of the Mind Summary
Virus of the Mind 94%
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
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 94%
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
Habits of a Happy Brain
by Loretta Graziano Breuning • 2015
Four mood chemicals evolved for survival, not happiness. The 45-day protocol to retrain them all.
4.01
6k+
🧠 Brain Chemistry🔁 Habit Formation🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch🔗 Neural Rewiring⚖️ Emotional Regulation
Habits of a Happy Brain Summary
Habits of a Happy Brain 94%
Four mood chemicals evolved for survival, not happiness. The 45-day protocol to retrain them all.
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2015
4.01
6k+ ratings
🧠 Brain Chemistry🔁 Habit Formation🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch🔗 Neural Rewiring⚖️ Emotional Regulation
I, Mammal
by Loretta Graziano Breuning • 2011
Your brain is a mammal's, chasing status not happiness. You can stop the war inside.
4.24
134
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology👑 Social Dominance⚗️ Brain Chemistry🔄 Rewiring The Brain🎯 Reward Systems
I, Mammal Summary
I, Mammal 94%
Your brain is a mammal's, chasing status not happiness. You can stop the war inside.
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2011
4.24
134 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology👑 Social Dominance⚗️ Brain Chemistry🔄 Rewiring The Brain🎯 Reward Systems
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
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
by David DiSalvo • 2011
Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.
3.83
4k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Delayed Gratification🎮 Self-Control
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite Summary
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite 94%
Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.
by David DiSalvo 2011
3.83
4k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Delayed Gratification🎮 Self-Control
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
How Pleasure Works
by Paul Bloom • 2010
You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.
3.71
4k+
🧠 Hedonic Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics🔮 Essentialism🎨 Aesthetics
How Pleasure Works Summary
How Pleasure Works 94%
You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.
by Paul Bloom 2010
3.71
4k+ ratings
🧠 Hedonic Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics🔮 Essentialism🎨 Aesthetics
The Language Instinct
by Steven Pinker • 1994
Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.
4.01
23k+
📝 Generative Linguistics👶 Language Acquisition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Psycholinguistics
The Language Instinct Summary
The Language Instinct 94%
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
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
Drunk
by Edward Slingerland • 2021
Getting drunk made us human. How alcohol built civilization, and where the bargain went wrong.
3.81
3k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🍺 History Of Alcohol🌍 Cultural Evolution📜 Big History🍄 Ritual And Intoxication
Drunk Summary
Drunk 94%
Getting drunk made us human. How alcohol built civilization, and where the bargain went wrong.
by Edward Slingerland 2021
3.81
3k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🍺 History Of Alcohol🌍 Cultural Evolution📜 Big History🍄 Ritual And Intoxication
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