The Moral Animal

“I've told you this before, but you wrote probably the most influential book in my life, which was The Moral Animal, and it was the thing that got me started on the trajectory of thinking about evolutionary psychology”

“Robert Wright, ladies and gentlemen. Dude, you rule. I love all of your work. Everyone should go and read The Moral Animal. It's over 30 years old now and still just all It's so good. It's so fantastic.”

“I had um Robert Wright who wrote the moral animal and why Buddhism is true had him on for his new AI book this week or last week and uh we haven't spoken for 5 years. That was the most in the moral animal was the single most influential book in my intellectual journey.”

“Is it your book or was it I think this might have been The Moral Animal where Robert Wright talks about the fact that Darwin lost multiple children.”

“I first read it in uh um not Steve Stewart-Williams. Robert Wright's The Moral Animal from 1993.”

“with Buddhism cuz the the book that got me into EP was um at the moral animal which is from 1991 or 1992 or something.”

“And I understand, you know, I I got into evolutionary theory through Robert Wright's book uh from 1993, 1992, The Moral Animal. And I read this, you know, only seven or eight years ago, and some stuff has is a little looks a little silly in retrospect, but it still holds up so well. 30 years later, that book is”

“the book that got me into EP was The Moral Animal from 1991 or 1992 or something.”

“as far as I've read um uh Robert Wright's book was the the first one moral animal was what got me into evolutionary psychology”

“I felt my love for evolutionary psychology began with Robert Wright's the moral animal which I think still now in 35 years old that book probably something like that still 33 years old still holds up like it's still so cool it's still such a great read and then he wrote another one called Why Buddhism is true”

“I fell in love with this subject when I read the moral Animal by Robert R”

“my book coming-of-age red pill was the moral animal Robert Wright's first one”

“uh I would say the moral Animal by Robert Wright again Chris willlex.com books”

“and I've got a little description that I took out the first book I ever learned about it in which was the moral Animal by Robert Wright from 1993.”

“robert writes the moral animal was the first thing i ever read about evolutionary psychology”

“I think it's in Robert Wright's uh the moral animal which is what like 30 years old now or something nearly”

“The Ape Who Understood the Universe by Steve Stewart-Williams and The Moral Animal by Robert Wright are two of my favorite books of all time.”

“There's a quote from The Moral Animal by Robert Wright. Mhm. I'm not sure if you're familiar with this book. I'm going to guess it'll probably be quite popular in in circles. It was one of the first big evolutionary psychology books. And there's this quote that just hit me. I knew that I had it somewhere and I saw”

“dude that that strikes on something that i learned in uh robert wright the moral animal and he says the reason that people love scandal and to see the downfall of others is it allows them to feel the indignation the moral emotion of indignation whilst having to do nothing moral to earn it”

“so i learned i learned about the worst age to lose a child at in the moral animal by robert wright that we might think that to lose an infant would be very heartbreaking”

“i know that we're both fans of the moral animal by robert wright and i was reading it this morning and there was a sentence that stuck out to me uh right in the middle of the book it's like 60 of the way through and it's the sentence which to me describes what most of the book is about”

“reading sometimes as well like reading a book at the moment the moral animal by Robert Wright I just can't put the Sun down”

“uh that book's a moral animal big impact”

“you'd be much better to go back to like read the moral animal by robert wright rather than go to marital therapy like do both but jesus read something about human nature”

“like the book that made me fall in love with it is the moral animal and um every other page i'm just reading this thing like this how to create a human document like from first principles that's just explaining how all of this stuff happens”

“Right now I'm reading a book called the Moral Animal. It's about human behavior.”

“and, and actually in this book, the Moral Animal, they say the reason we self dilute is so that you can, can be truthful and deceive your opponent.”

“i downloaded a book on audible about it 16 and a half hours and listened to it on the way out so i should have a degree even though i didn't understand most of what they were talking about what's the book uh the moral animal”

“uh the moral animal”

“I fell in love with this subject when I read 'The Moral Animal' by Robert Wright.”

“A big theme of that book is that the human mind is unreliable as a guide to reality. It's as if our mind acts like a lawyer, trying to make the case for our interests.”

“And I've got a little description that I took out the first book I ever learned about it in which was the moral Animal by Robert Wright from 1993.”

“reading a book at the moment The moral animal by Robert Wright I just can't put the Sun down”

“Me and you fell in love with the same book, The Moral Animal by Robert Wright.”

“although as far I I've read um uh Robert Wright's book was the the first one moral animal was what got me into evolutionary psychology again for wonderful book wonderful I that's that book is 30 years old now more than 30 years old”