A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century
Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
(Sprache: Englisch)
A bold, provocative history of our species finds the roots of civilization's success and failure in our evolutionary biology.
We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet people are more listless, divided and miserable...
We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet people are more listless, divided and miserable...
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A bold, provocative history of our species finds the roots of civilization's success and failure in our evolutionary biology.We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet people are more listless, divided and miserable than ever. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, and yet our political landscape grows ever more toxic, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic illness continue to skyrocket. How do we explain the gap between these two truths? What's more, what can we do to close it?
For evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, the cause of our woes is clear: the modern world is out of sync with our ancient brains and bodies. We evolved to live in clans, but today most people don't even know their neighbors' names. Traditional gender roles once served a necessary evolutionary purpose, but today we dismiss them as regressive. The cognitive dissonance spawned by trying to live in a society we're not built for is killing us.
In this book, Heying and Weinstein cut through the politically fraught discourse surrounding issues like sex, gender, diet, parenting, sleep, education, and more to outline a provocative, science-based worldview that will empower you to live a better, wiser life. They distill more than 20 years of research and first-hand accounts from the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth into straight forward principles and guidance for confronting our culture of hyper-novelty.
Autoren-Porträt von Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein
Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Heather Heying , Bret Weinstein
- 2021, 320 Seiten, Maße: 15,9 x 23,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Portfolio
- ISBN-10: 0593086880
- ISBN-13: 9780593086889
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
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Husband and wife team Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein bring their vast knowledge of evolutionary biology to bear on the problems that beset us. Wide-ranging and illuminating, A Hunter-Gatherer s Guide to the 21st Century posits an intriguing, surprising, and profound view of human nature. DR. JORDAN B. PETERSON, author of Beyond Order, 12 Rules for Life, and Maps of Meaning
A Hunter-Gatherer s Guide to the 21st Century is the human story retold in beautiful language and moving metaphors. Heying and Weinstein are professorial in the best possible sense: they exemplify the intellectual humility, nuanced thinking, and love of learning that a great liberal arts education should nurture. Everyone who is raising or educating kids, or who wants to change social systems, should first read this book.
JONATHAN HAIDT, coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind and author of The Righteous Mind
I have never read such a bold, well-researched, and succinct exploration of the puzzling predicament we find ourselves in. Anyone who wonders why the most comfortable society in history our own has such astronomical rates of depression, anxiety, and poor health will find abundant answers in A Hunter-Gatherer s Guide to the 21st Century.
SEBASTIAN JUNGER, author of The Perfect Storm, War, Tribe, and Freedom
Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein are the brilliant, irresistible professors every student dreams of having. In their hands, complex technical ideas become accessible and exhilarating. A Hunter-Gatherer s Guide to the 21st Century is based on serious science, but it reads like an adventure story.
CHRISTINA HOFF SOMMERS, philosopher, author, and host of The Factual Feminist
A Hunter-Gatherer s Guide to the 21st Century has given me at least five evolutionary concepts that have become central to my way of viewing the world.
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JAMIE WHEAL, executive director of the Flow Genome Project and coauthor of Stealing Fire
Bret and Heather are highly regarded evolutionary biologists, very clear thinkers and communicators, and as attested to by their notoriety from the madness that their school put them through, they value scientific truth over political correctness.
ROBERT SAPOLSKY, author of Behave and A Primate s Memoir
Bret and Heather are highly regarded evolutionary biologists, very clear thinkers and communicators, and as attested to by their notoriety from the madness that their school put them through, they value scientific truth over political correctness.
ROBERT SAPOLSKY, author of Behave and A Primate s Memoir
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