It’s an odyssey through the history of human violence. Pinkers thesis is that we have seen a great decline in violence both in the long term , as well as short term history of mankind and he sets out to find out why this is. This is a dense book. I listened to the audiobookContinue reading “Thoughts on: “The Better Angels of Our Nature” by Steven Pinker”
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Thoughts on: Behave by Robert Sapolsky
What is long and hard, and filled with baboon references? Robert Sapolskys book Behave. 📝 “The frontal cortex makes you do the harder thing, when it’s the right thing to do.” The frontal cortex consumes a lot of energy which makes your willpower limited. Have you noticed how quick you are to judge and howContinue reading “Thoughts on: Behave by Robert Sapolsky”
