Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-08-20
Books mentioned on 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.
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 non-fiction book that uses big data and empirical research to help people make better decisions about major life choices, including health, happiness, and romantic relationships.
Discussed“and then Seth Stevens dtz who's a data scientist has just released a new book called don't trust your gut”
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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 comprehensive historical study arguing that violence has declined over the course of human history through the rise of governance, literacy, and commerce.
Discussed“but you know particularly the one the better angels of nature where he Compares all of the known data on violence”
Where to get it
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Chimpanzee Politics
Chimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal is a renowned non-fiction book exploring the intricate social dynamics, power struggles, and alliance-building behaviors of chimpanzees, drawing striking parallels to human political structures.
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 a popular science exploration of evolutionary psychology that examines how human behavior and modern morality are shaped by natural selection.
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 widely influential popular science book that presents a gene-centric view of evolution and selection.
Discussed“in fact I was just Rel listening to the book The Selfish Gene and one of the things and uh Dawkins had a 25th Anniversary Edition in which he defended himself”
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Homicide
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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