Book · 2011 · Business & Economics
The Consuming Instinct
What Juicy Burgers, Ferraris, Pornography, and Gift Giving Reveal About Human Nature
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The consuming instinct a contributor to the evolutionary basis of consumption if i remember correctly.
Jordan Peterson · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Feb 2021 Listen at 1:20 The best things said about it
We've got your book The consuming Instinct a signed copy for you.
Dave Rubin The Rubin Report · Feb 2016 Where and when it comes up
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The Consuming Instinct by Gad Saad is an academic and popular science book that applies evolutionary psychology to consumer behavior and cultural phenomena. Jordan Peterson mentioned the text on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, identifying it as a contribution to the evolutionary basis of consumption. Dave Rubin also referenced the work during an appearance on The Rubin Report, presenting a signed copy to the author. Additionally, Gad Saad discussed his own book on The Joe Rogan Experience, explaining that he sought to provide a biological explanation for cultural and religious food laws rather than relying purely on traditional religious narratives. Saad noted that these cultural laws evolved through adaptive mechanisms, which he detailed within the pages of the book. Together, these podcast references framed the work as a notable attempt to bridge evolutionary theory with everyday consumer choices and historical cultural practices.
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Dave Rubin we've got your book The consuming Instinct a signed copy for you 1
“we've got your book The consuming Instinct a signed copy for you”
Gad Saad Culture laws actually discussed this in this book, right? So I try to offer a biological explanation that i… 1
“Culture laws actually discussed this in this book, right? So I try to offer a biological explanation that is not rooted in religious narratives, right? For why culture laws would have evolved, right?”
Jordan Peterson the consuming instinct a contributor to the evolutionary basis of consumption if i remember correctly 1
“the consuming instinct a contributor to the evolutionary basis of consumption if i remember correctly”
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“so in in the consuming instinct which was my 2011 book in the first chapter I go through all of the key uh points that the detractors have”
“and so here the quote in question I have it in the last chapter of uh the consuming Instinct 20 book”
“In The Consuming Instinct, which was one of my earlier books in 2011, I had a whole chapter where I was talking about the thought experiment of what might happen if an extraterrestrial being came to Earth shopping for the one good faith.”
“well in in my first book ever 2007 evolutionary basic consumption I talk about studies”
“in in the consuming Instinct one of my earlier books 2011 I have a whole analysis of certain kosher laws from an evolutionary biological perspective”
“He is also the author of "The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption" and "The Consuming Instinct".”
“I thought that I would correct that by giving you a signed copy of one of my books. The consuming instinct. Now you can grow. Juicy burgers, Ferraris, pornography, and gift-giving reveal about human nature.”
“Chapter eight of the book that I just gave you is called Marketing Hope by Selling Lies. And basically what I argue there is that there are different peddlers of hope that are successful, precisely because they could sell you hope”
“By the way, next time I come, there's a 100% final exam on this book. Oh, this is a goddamn professor. You better read exams. Right? Is there like a cheat sheet or?”
“The book has pornography in its title, The Consumer Instinct, and it subtitle.”
“I talk about that in my book Tris”
“I have a section in my first book which I titled philanthropy as a costly signal”
“so probably if they want the sort of trade book The the book that's written for the masses the consuming Instinct uh consuming Instinct”