Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-08-20
Chris Williamson & Douglas Kenrick: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #515
Evolved Psychology Vs The Modern World - David & Douglas Kenrick - #515
David Lundberg Kenrick is the Psychology Program Manager at Arizona State University and Douglas Kenrick is a Professor of psychology at Arizona State University. Our brains were designed to exist in a very different environment to the one they find themselves in.
David Lundberg Kenrick discussed Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Douglas Kenrick discussed A river runs through it by Norman Maclean, The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker, Chimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal, Primate Behavior and the Emergence of Human Culture by Jane Beckman Lancaster, The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller, The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins, and Homicide by Martin Daly and others. Chris Williamson discussed The Moral Animal by Robert Wright.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Don't Trust Your Gut
Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data-driven self-help book that uses unconventional statistics and digital insights to help readers optimize everyday decisions, from relationships to daily habits.
Discussed“and then Seth Stevens dtz who's a data scientist has just released a new book called don't trust your gut”
Where to get it
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A river runs through it
Discussed“I got the audio tape of of a book called the river runs through it which is a very beautiful book”
Where to get it
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker is a sweeping historical and data-driven book arguing that violence has steadily declined over the course of human history.
Discussed“but you know particularly the one the better angels of nature where he Compares all of the known data on violence”
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Chimpanzee Politics
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.
Discussed“Like chimpanzee politics there was the head of the um”
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Primate Behavior and the Emergence of Human Culture
Discussed“and I'd been reading a book by Jane Lancaster called primate Behavior and the emergence of human culture We thought well let's start to apply this to humans”
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The Moral Animal
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright is an influential exploration of evolutionary psychology that examines how natural selection has shaped human nature, morality, relationships, and social behavior.
Discussed“I think it's in Robert Wright's uh the moral animal which is what like 30 years old now or something nearly”
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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“because uh you know Jeffrey Miller would argue he had he wrote a beautiful book called The Mating M I was with Jeffrey and Diana last night”
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a prominent 1976 work of evolutionary biology that popularizes the gene-centric view of evolution.
Discussed“like Dawkins talked about in the selfish Gene it isn't like that our genes actually make decisions”
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Homicide
Homicide by Martin Daly and Margo Wilson is a foundational text in evolutionary psychology that examines patterns of criminal violence and human aggression through an evolutionary lens.
Discussed“they wrote a book called homicide and one of the the counter people always used to say”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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