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Chimpanzee Politics
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I would also recommend people read there's a book called chimpanzee politics which is fascinating.
Jane McGonigal · The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 2022 Listen at 2:01:09 The best things said about it
Have you ever heard the story of the book that new Gingrich used to navigate politics at least one that he's credited with whatever success he's had chimpanzee politics.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2024 We respond to how people look, you know, when when Jim Collins got fired out of Stanford, he gave me a book called Chimpanzee Politics. He said, I should have read your earlier book on power managing with power.
Like chimpanzee politics there was the head of the um.
France - Wow you know he's my fellow Dutch man he's a primatologist and he's been studying chimpanzees and bonobos now for decades and in the 80s I believe he wrote a book called chimpanzee politics in which he described sort of all the politics of zoo in the Netherlands and he compared it to US Congress.
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Chimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal is a groundbreaking primatology book that examines the complex social strategies, power struggles, and alliance-building behaviors of chimpanzees and their striking parallels to human political systems. The book was mentioned on several podcasts, including The Tim Ferriss Show, Modern Wisdom, and This Week in Startups, by speakers such as Jane McGonigal, Tim Ferriss, Douglas Kenrick, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Rutger Bregman. Jane McGonigal recommended the work as a fascinating read, while Tim Ferriss and Rutger Bregman discussed how prominent political figures and Dutch researchers used the primate observations to navigate human power structures and status hierarchies. Jeffrey Pfeffer recalled receiving the book from Jim Collins during a conversation about power management, and Douglas Kenrick referenced it while exploring the evolutionary roots of leadership dynamics. Commentators emphasized how the text illuminates the tactical nature of alliances, dominance, and diplomacy by observing animal behavior in a zoo setting, offering enduring insights into both zoology and political science.
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Jane McGonigal i would also recommend people read there's a book called chimpanzee politics which is fascinating 1
“i would also recommend people read there's a book called chimpanzee politics which is fascinating”
Douglas Kenrick Like chimpanzee politics there was the head of the um 1
“Like chimpanzee politics there was the head of the um”
Jeffrey Pfeffer We respond to how people look, you know, when when Jim Collins got fired out of Stanford, he gave me a book… 1
“We respond to how people look, you know, when when Jim Collins got fired out of Stanford, he gave me a book called Chimpanzee Politics. He said, I should have read your earlier book on power managing with power.”
Rutger Bregman France - Wow you know he's my fellow Dutch man he's a primatologist and he's been studying chimpanzees and… 1
“France - Wow you know he's my fellow Dutch man he's a primatologist and he's been studying chimpanzees and bonobos now for decades and in the 80s I believe he wrote a book called chimpanzee politics in which he described sort of all the politics of zoo in the Netherlands and he compared it to US Congress”
Tim Ferriss have you ever heard the story of the book that new Gingrich used to navigate politics at least one that he'… 1
“have you ever heard the story of the book that new Gingrich used to navigate politics at least one that he's credited with whatever success he's had chimpanzee politics”
