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Trying Not to Try

by Edward Slingerland • 2014

Four paths to spontaneous mastery, debated in ancient China and now confirmed by cognitive science.

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🏮 Chinese Philosophy 🍃 Effortless Action 🧠 Cognitive Science

Trying Not to Try

Four paths to spontaneous mastery, debated in ancient China and now confirmed by cognitive science.

by Edward Slingerland 2014 304 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏮 Chinese Philosophy 🍃 Effortless Action 🧠 Cognitive Science

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

Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters

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

by Alan S. Miller 2006 252 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Human Mating 🦚 Sexual Selection

The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition

by Michael Tomasello • 1999

Reading each other's goals let knowledge stockpile across generations, changing the mind forever.

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🧠 Cognitive Development 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🤝 Social Cognition

The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition

Reading each other's goals let knowledge stockpile across generations, changing the mind forever.

by Michael Tomasello 1999 256 pages

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292 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Development 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🤝 Social Cognition

Richard Dawkins

by Mark Ridley • 2006

Evolution from the gene up: two dozen intellectuals on the revolution Dawkins began.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐾 Natural Selection 🤝 Altruism

Richard Dawkins

Evolution from the gene up: two dozen intellectuals on the revolution Dawkins began.

by Mark Ridley 2006 304 pages

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485 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🐾 Natural Selection 🤝 Altruism

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

by Frans de Waal • 2016

We tested animal minds as defective humans. Once we redesigned the tests, they stopped failing.

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🧠 Animal Cognition ❌ Human Exceptionalism 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

We tested animal minds as defective humans. Once we redesigned the tests, they stopped failing.

by Frans de Waal 2016 340 pages

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🧠 Animal Cognition ❌ Human Exceptionalism 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

She Has Her Mother's Laugh

by Carl Zimmer • 2018

Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.

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🧬 Genetics And Heredity 🔬 History Of Science 🌱 Nature And Nurture

She Has Her Mother's Laugh

Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.

by Carl Zimmer 2018 657 pages

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🧬 Genetics And Heredity 🔬 History Of Science 🌱 Nature And Nurture

Subliminal

by Leonard Mlodinow • 2012

The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🌊 Unconscious Processing ⚖️ Cognitive Biases

Subliminal

The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.

by Leonard Mlodinow 2012 260 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🌊 Unconscious Processing ⚖️ Cognitive Biases

Separation

by John Bowlby • 1972

The evolutionary reason a caregiver's absence terrifies a child, and why the fear can last.

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🧒 Attachment Theory 👶 Early Childhood Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Separation

The evolutionary reason a caregiver's absence terrifies a child, and why the fear can last.

by John Bowlby 1972 444 pages

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🧒 Attachment Theory 👶 Early Childhood Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Peoplewatching

by Desmond Morris • 2002

A field guide for reading the signals people send without knowing they are sending them.

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🧍 Body Language 🐒 Ethology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

Peoplewatching

A field guide for reading the signals people send without knowing they are sending them.

by Desmond Morris 2002 544 pages

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🧍 Body Language 🐒 Ethology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology

Climbing Mount Improbable

by Richard Dawkins • 1996

Eyes evolved from scratch forty times. Each time the path was a staircase, not a leap.

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👁️ Convergent Evolution 🪜 Gradual Adaptation 🐝 Coevolution

Climbing Mount Improbable

Eyes evolved from scratch forty times. Each time the path was a staircase, not a leap.

by Richard Dawkins 1996 308 pages

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👁️ Convergent Evolution 🪜 Gradual Adaptation 🐝 Coevolution

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

Virus of the Mind

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

by Richard Brodie 1995 256 pages

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🔄 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💭 Memetics

Who We Are and How We Got Here

by David Reich • 2018

Ancient DNA rewrites the last 300,000 years: humans are a history of continuous, radical mixture.

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🧬 Ancient Dna 🏺 Human Prehistory 🤝 Population Admixture

Who We Are and How We Got Here

Ancient DNA rewrites the last 300,000 years: humans are a history of continuous, radical mixture.

by David Reich 2018 335 pages

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🧬 Ancient Dna 🏺 Human Prehistory 🤝 Population Admixture

Looking for Spinoza

by António Damásio • 2001

A neuroscientist discovers a 17th-century philosopher already mapped the biology of joy and sorrow.

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🏛️ Neurophilosophy 🤝 Social Emotions

Looking for Spinoza

A neuroscientist discovers a 17th-century philosopher already mapped the biology of joy and sorrow.

by António Damásio 2001 355 pages

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🏛️ Neurophilosophy 🤝 Social Emotions

Black and White Thinking

by Kevin Dutton • 2021

Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏷️ Categorical Thinking

Black and White Thinking

Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.

by Kevin Dutton 2021

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489 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏷️ Categorical Thinking

The Emotional Brain

by Joseph E. LeDoux • 1996

Emotions are unconscious survival circuits. Conscious feelings are just the readout, not the engine.

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Brain Circuitry 💭 Emotional Memory

The Emotional Brain

Emotions are unconscious survival circuits. Conscious feelings are just the readout, not the engine.

by Joseph E. LeDoux 1996 384 pages

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Brain Circuitry 💭 Emotional Memory

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

Nonzero

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

by Robert Wright 450 pages

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📜 Big History 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🤝 Evolution Of Cooperation

What Doesn't Kill Us

by Scott Carney • 2017

Your immune system isn't as automatic as you think. Cold and breath can hack it.

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🧊 Cold Exposure 🧬 Evolutionary Health 🌬️ Breathwork

What Doesn't Kill Us

Your immune system isn't as automatic as you think. Cold and breath can hack it.

by Scott Carney 2017 272 pages

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7k+ ratings

🧊 Cold Exposure 🧬 Evolutionary Health 🌬️ Breathwork

The Mathematics of Life

by Ian Stewart • 2011

Math cracked physics. Now it's unlocking biology, from protein origami to alien life.

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🧬 Mathematical Biology 🧪 Systems Biology 🦋 Chaos Theory

The Mathematics of Life

Math cracked physics. Now it's unlocking biology, from protein origami to alien life.

by Ian Stewart 2011 371 pages

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500+ ratings

🧬 Mathematical Biology 🧪 Systems Biology 🦋 Chaos Theory

The Sweet Spot

by Paul Bloom • 2021

Why you chase pain, from ghost peppers to marathons, and how difficulty makes life meaningful.

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😊 Positive Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧭 Psychology Of Meaning

The Sweet Spot

Why you chase pain, from ghost peppers to marathons, and how difficulty makes life meaningful.

by Paul Bloom 2021 304 pages

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😊 Positive Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧭 Psychology Of Meaning

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

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

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🧬 Evolutionary Linguistics 🤝 Cooperative Communication 👋 Gesture Studies

Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set

by Yuval Noah Harari • 2019

The old stories that gave us meaning are failing while AI and biotech promise to remake humanity.

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🏛️ Big History 🧬 Human Evolution 🤖 Technological Change

Yuval Noah Harari Collection 3 Books Set

The old stories that gave us meaning are failing while AI and biotech promise to remake humanity.

by Yuval Noah Harari 2019

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500+ ratings

🏛️ Big History 🧬 Human Evolution 🤖 Technological Change

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

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

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🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐘 Animal Cognition

The Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin • 1859

How one blind, patient mechanism produced every species on Earth, from orchids to humans.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 📜 Scientific Classics 🏛️ Victorian Science

The Origin of Species

How one blind, patient mechanism produced every species on Earth, from orchids to humans.

by Charles Darwin 1859 703 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 📜 Scientific Classics 🏛️ Victorian Science

The Essential Difference

by Simon Baron-Cohen • 2003

Female brains favor empathy, male brains favor systems. This theory says autism is the male extreme.

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🧬 Sex Differences 🍃 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience

The Essential Difference

Female brains favor empathy, male brains favor systems. This theory says autism is the male extreme.

by Simon Baron-Cohen 2003 288 pages

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500+ ratings

🧬 Sex Differences 🍃 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience

God's Undertaker

by John C. Lennox • 2002

Cosmology, biology, and history do not point away from a creator; they point toward one.

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🧬 Intelligent Design ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🔬 Science And Religion

God's Undertaker

Cosmology, biology, and history do not point away from a creator; they point toward one.

by John C. Lennox 2002 224 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧬 Intelligent Design ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🔬 Science And Religion

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

Plagues and Peoples

Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.

by William H. McNeill 1976 368 pages

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💡 Big History 🦠 Disease And Civilization 📜 Medical History

Mind Wide Open

by Steven Johnson • 1999

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

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🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Cognitive Science 🗣️ Social Neuroscience

Mind Wide Open

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

by Steven Johnson 1999 274 pages

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🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Cognitive Science 🗣️ Social Neuroscience

Unconscious Branding

by Douglas Van Praet • 2012

The unconscious drives 95% of every purchase. The rules for reaching it, from neuroscience.

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🧠 Neuromarketing 🛒 Consumer Psychology 🏷️ Brand Strategy

Unconscious Branding

The unconscious drives 95% of every purchase. The rules for reaching it, from neuroscience.

by Douglas Van Praet 2012 288 pages

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342 ratings

🧠 Neuromarketing 🛒 Consumer Psychology 🏷️ Brand Strategy

Your Brain Is a Time Machine

by Dean Buonomano • 2017

Your brain is a simulator of futures; physics suggests time may not flow at all.

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⏳ Time Perception 🕰️ Physics Of Time 🌗 Circadian Rhythms

Your Brain Is a Time Machine

Your brain is a simulator of futures; physics suggests time may not flow at all.

by Dean Buonomano 2017 304 pages

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1k+ ratings

⏳ Time Perception 🕰️ Physics Of Time 🌗 Circadian Rhythms

The Vital Question

by Nick Lane • 2016

Complex life arose exactly once in 4 billion years. The reason: a hidden energy constraint.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology 🌋 Origin Of Life

The Vital Question

Complex life arose exactly once in 4 billion years. The reason: a hidden energy constraint.

by Nick Lane 2016 368 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🔬 Molecular Biology 🌋 Origin Of Life

The Consciousness Instinct

by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 2018

Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Modular Brain

The Consciousness Instinct

Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.

by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018 288 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Modular Brain

The Magic of Reality

by Richard Dawkins • 2011

What makes the real world more magical than any myth? Evidence. And a few trillion galaxies.

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The Magic of Reality

What makes the real world more magical than any myth? Evidence. And a few trillion galaxies.

by Richard Dawkins 2011 272 pages

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When Science Meets Religion

by Ian G. Barbour • 2000

Science and religion aren't enemies. But keeping them politely apart misses the point.

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📚 Science And Theology 🌿 Theology Of Nature 🌀 Process Theology

When Science Meets Religion

Science and religion aren't enemies. But keeping them politely apart misses the point.

by Ian G. Barbour 2000 205 pages

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275 ratings

📚 Science And Theology 🌿 Theology Of Nature 🌀 Process Theology

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

The Philosophical Baby

Babies notice everything adults filter out. What children's minds reveal about truth, love, meaning.

by Alison Gopnik 2003 304 pages

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🧠 Developmental Psychology 👶 Child Cognition 🎭 Imagination And Play

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

Human Instinct

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

by Robert Winston 2002 352 pages

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Sociobiology ⚡ Mismatch Theory

At Home in the Universe

by Stuart A. Kauffman • 1995

Life begins as chemistry, not luck. The rules that organize molecules govern markets and innovation.

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🌐 Complexity Science 🌱 Origin Of Life 🌀 Self-Organization

At Home in the Universe

Life begins as chemistry, not luck. The rules that organize molecules govern markets and innovation.

by Stuart A. Kauffman 1995 336 pages

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🌐 Complexity Science 🌱 Origin Of Life 🌀 Self-Organization

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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🧬 Behavioral Biology 📝 Science Essays ❤️ Stress And Health

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

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🧬 Behavioral Biology 📝 Science Essays ❤️ Stress And Health

The Cancer Code

by Jason Fung • 2020

Cancer is not genetic error but an ancient survival program. Its metabolic weakness is the key.

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🧬 Cancer Biology 🦠 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Cancer Metabolism

The Cancer Code

Cancer is not genetic error but an ancient survival program. Its metabolic weakness is the key.

by Jason Fung 2020 288 pages

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🧬 Cancer Biology 🦠 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Cancer Metabolism

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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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Neurobiology

The Archaeology of Mind

Ancient brain circuits shared with every mammal produce your emotions. Thought shows up late.

by Jaak Panksepp 2012 592 pages

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410 ratings

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Neurobiology

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

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

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🐒 Primatology ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🫂 Animal Empathy

Hidden Games

by Erez Yoeli • 2022

Luxury, outrage, stubborn beliefs: game theory shows the hidden logic behind your irrational side.

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🎲 Game Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🦚 Costly Signaling

Hidden Games

Luxury, outrage, stubborn beliefs: game theory shows the hidden logic behind your irrational side.

by Erez Yoeli 2022 368 pages

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358 ratings

🎲 Game Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🦚 Costly Signaling

Monkeyluv

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2005

A parasite can make a rat crave the smell of a cat, and that's only the beginning.

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🐒 Primate Behavior 🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction 🧠 Stress Physiology

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

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2k+ ratings

🐒 Primate Behavior 🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction 🧠 Stress Physiology

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

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

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📝 Science Essays 🌲 Nature Writing 🤝 Symbiosis

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.

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🩸 Metabolic Health 🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🧬 Ancestral Health

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

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🩸 Metabolic Health 🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🧬 Ancestral Health

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

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

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144 ratings

🧬 Human Genetics 🔬 Scientific Racism 🧬 Genetic Ancestry

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

When Men Behave Badly

Men misread smiles, women freeze: the evolutionary logic of sexual conflict.

by David M. Buss 2021 336 pages

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1k+ ratings

🔬 Evolutionary Psychology 💞 Mating Psychology ⚔️ Sexual Aggression

The Hidden Brain

by Shankar Vedantam • 2009

Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.

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🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology

The Hidden Brain

Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.

by Shankar Vedantam 2009 270 pages

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3k+ ratings

🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology

The Pattern Seekers

by Simon Baron-Cohen • 2020

The cognitive engine behind human invention also explains autism; it emerged 70,000 years ago.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Autism Research ♾️ Neurodiversity

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

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Autism Research ♾️ Neurodiversity

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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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🎭 Self-Deception 🤥 Deception

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

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260 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🎭 Self-Deception 🤥 Deception

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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🧠 Executive Function ⚖️ Self-Regulation 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

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

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