Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-02-07
Books mentioned on An Evolutionary Psychologist's Dating Advice - Geoffrey Miller - #432
Geoffrey Miller is an evolutionary psychologist, Associate Professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico and an author. Geoffrey has been writing about sexual selection and dating dynamics for over 30 years.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Mating Mind
The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller is an evolutionary psychology book arguing that the human brain evolved primarily as a complex sexual ornament, much like a peacock's tail, to attract mates through creativity and intelligence.
Discussed“is it right to say that you're one of the ogs of applying evolutionary psychology to sexual dynamics do you think your the mating mind book is 22 years old now”
Where to get it
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The evolution of human sexuality
The Evolution of Human Sexuality is a foundational anthropological text by Donald Symons that applies evolutionary theory to human mating strategies and sexual behavior.
Discussed“and then you had people like anthropologist don simons who wrote this amazing book the evolution of human sexuality in 1979 and that had a big impact on my little field evolutionary psychology”
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The Moral Animal
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright is a popular science exploration of evolutionary psychology that examines how human behavior and modern morality are shaped by natural selection.
Recommended“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”
Where to get it
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The Ape that Understood the Universe
The Ape That Understood the Universe by Steve Stewart-Williams is a popular science book that explores human behavior, evolutionary psychology, and the ways in which evolutionary theory explains the modern mind.
Recommended“i do think there's a little bit of a like a dark valley that you go through that's basically like you know maybe you read the moral animal and you read some david bostoff and some steve pinker stuff and you read yeah the the the apes that understood the universe by steve stewart williams great book”
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Mate
Mate by Tucker Max and Geoffrey Miller is an evolutionary psychology-inspired dating and self-improvement guide designed to help men understand modern dating markets and become the partners women actually want.
Recommended“the thing that surprised me when i was watching reading mate your book which is [ __ ] dope by the way if there are guys out there that want to kind of learn the principles of evolutionary psychology for mating and i think that women should read that book as well”
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The Precipice
The Precipice by Toby Ord is a rigorous philosophical and scientific assessment of existential risks that threaten the future survival of human civilization.
Recommended“and i have exactly the same reaction like everybody watching this should go read toby awards to precipice they should also read daniel ellsberg's book uh the doomsday machine about the risk of nuclear war throughout the 20th century”
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DOOMSDAY MACHINE
The Doomsday Machine is a book by Daniel Ellsberg that investigates the severe risks of nuclear war and the hidden dangers of nuclear deterrence policies throughout the twentieth century.
Recommended“and i have exactly the same reaction like everybody watching this should go read toby awards to precipice they should also read daniel ellsberg's book uh the doomsday machine about the risk of nuclear war throughout the 20th century”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and then finally the mating mind book came out in the year 2000”
“well when tucker max and i wrote that mate book we we put a lot of emphasis on just overall competence like what is attractive about a guy uh to a woman”
“primalpoly.com is my website um and probably the best books if you're interested in reading something i've written as uh the mating mind or spent or mate or virtue signaling”
“primalpoly.com is my website um and probably the best books if you're interested in reading something i've written as uh the mating mind or spent or mate or virtue signaling”
“primalpoly.com is my website um and probably the best books if you're interested in reading something i've written as uh the mating mind or spent or mate or virtue signaling”
“primalpoly.com is my website um and probably the best books if you're interested in reading something i've written as uh the mating mind or spent or mate or virtue signaling”