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Feeling & Knowing

af António Damásio • 2021

Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Evolution Of Mind

Feeling & Knowing

Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.

af António Damásio 2021 256 sider

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Evolution Of Mind

How to Argue With a Racist

af Adam Rutherford • 2020

How to shut down racist pseudoscience with real genetics: ancestry, athletics, and intelligence.

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📊 Population Genetics 🧬 Race And Genetics 🌳 Genetic Ancestry 🔍 Pseudoscience Criticism 🧪 Evolutionary Biology

How to Argue With a Racist

How to shut down racist pseudoscience with real genetics: ancestry, athletics, and intelligence.

af Adam Rutherford 2020 224 sider

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📊 Population Genetics 🧬 Race And Genetics 🌳 Genetic Ancestry 🔍 Pseudoscience Criticism 🧪 Evolutionary Biology

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

af Adam Rutherford • 2016

The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.

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🧬 Human Genetics 🏺 Ancient DNA 🌍 Human Origins 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Genetics 🧩 Nature Vs Nurture

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

The genome reveals one family: shared ancestors 3,400 years ago. Race was never real.

af Adam Rutherford 2016 419 sider

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🧬 Human Genetics 🏺 Ancient DNA 🌍 Human Origins 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Genetics 🧩 Nature Vs Nurture

Testosterone Rex

af Cordelia Fine • 2017

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

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🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism ✳️ Feminist Science 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

Testosterone Rex

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

af Cordelia Fine 2017 272 sider

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🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism ✳️ Feminist Science 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

A Crack in Creation

af Jennifer A. Doudna • 2017

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

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🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery ⚖️ Bioethics 💊 Future Of Medicine

A Crack in Creation

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

af Jennifer A. Doudna 2017 281 sider

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🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery ⚖️ Bioethics 💊 Future Of Medicine

Good Reasons for Bad Feelings

af Randolph M. Nesse • 2019

Your brain evolved for a different world. Depression and anxiety are the mismatch showing.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 😢 Adaptive Emotions 😰 Anxiety And Depression

Good Reasons for Bad Feelings

Your brain evolved for a different world. Depression and anxiety are the mismatch showing.

af Randolph M. Nesse 2019 384 sider

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 😢 Adaptive Emotions 😰 Anxiety And Depression

The Science of Positivity

af Loretta Graziano Breuning • 2013

Your brain chemicals chase survival, not happiness. Learn their rules to build better circuits.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 😟 Negativity Bias 🔄 Cognitive Rewiring 📊 Social Comparison

The Science of Positivity

Your brain chemicals chase survival, not happiness. Learn their rules to build better circuits.

af Loretta Graziano Breuning 2013 224 sider

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Brain Chemistry 😟 Negativity Bias 🔄 Cognitive Rewiring 📊 Social Comparison

Heavens on Earth

af Michael Shermer • 2018

The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.

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🧠 Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Salience 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧬 Life Extension 🏛️ Utopian Critique

Heavens on Earth

The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.

af Michael Shermer 2018 303 sider

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🧠 Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Salience 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧬 Life Extension 🏛️ Utopian Critique

The Life Divine

af Sri Aurobindo • 1942

The material world is not an error. It's divinity condensed, and evolution is its homecoming.

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🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🧬 Evolution Of Consciousness 🔄 Integral Philosophy 🌟 Divine Immanence

The Life Divine

The material world is not an error. It's divinity condensed, and evolution is its homecoming.

af Sri Aurobindo 1942 1154 sider

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🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🧬 Evolution Of Consciousness 🔄 Integral Philosophy 🌟 Divine Immanence

Forbidden Archeology

af Michael A. Cremo • 1993

Modern human fossils appear in Miocene strata. For over a century, science has looked away.

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🦴 Paleoanthropology 🏺 Alternative Archaeology 🌍 Human Origins 🔍 Fossil Anomalies ⛓️ Scientific Dogmatism

Forbidden Archeology

Modern human fossils appear in Miocene strata. For over a century, science has looked away.

af Michael A. Cremo 1993 914 sider

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🦴 Paleoanthropology 🏺 Alternative Archaeology 🌍 Human Origins 🔍 Fossil Anomalies ⛓️ Scientific Dogmatism

The Language Game

af Morten H. Christiansen • 2022

Language isn't a fixed code; it's a second-by-second improvisation that built human culture.

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🗣️ Language Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🌱 Spontaneous Order 👶 Language Acquisition

The Language Game

Language isn't a fixed code; it's a second-by-second improvisation that built human culture.

af Morten H. Christiansen 2022 304 sider

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🗣️ Language Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Linguistics 🌍 Cultural Evolution 🌱 Spontaneous Order 👶 Language Acquisition

Trialogues at the Edge of the West

af Rupert Sheldrake • 1992

Nature learns, chaos creates, and three minds argue the cosmos has a memory and a soul.

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🌌 Speculative Cosmology 🔬 Holistic Science 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌍 World Soul ✨ Resacralization

Trialogues at the Edge of the West

Nature learns, chaos creates, and three minds argue the cosmos has a memory and a soul.

af Rupert Sheldrake 1992 192 sider

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🌌 Speculative Cosmology 🔬 Holistic Science 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌍 World Soul ✨ Resacralization

Mean Genes

af Terry Burnham • 2000

Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 😊 Hedonic Adaptation 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 🎲 Risk Perception

Mean Genes

Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.

af Terry Burnham 2000 263 sider

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 😊 Hedonic Adaptation 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 🎲 Risk Perception

Visions

af Michio Kaku • 2011

When quantum physics, computing, and genetics converge, the 21st century truly begins.

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🧬 Genetic Engineering 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Futurism 🧠 Transhumanism ⚖️ Bioethics

Visions

When quantum physics, computing, and genetics converge, the 21st century truly begins.

af Michio Kaku 2011 418 sider

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🧬 Genetic Engineering 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Futurism 🧠 Transhumanism ⚖️ Bioethics

Innate

af Kevin J. Mitchell • 2018

Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.

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🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture 🧠 Brain Development 🎭 Personality Psychology

Innate

Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.

af Kevin J. Mitchell 2018 304 sider

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🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture 🧠 Brain Development 🎭 Personality Psychology

This Is Your Brain on Parasites

af Kathleen McAuliffe • 2016

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

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🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

This Is Your Brain on Parasites

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

af Kathleen McAuliffe 2016 268 sider

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🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

The Awakened Ape

af Jevan Pradas • 2017

Happiness isn't something you chase; it's something your genes produce when the environment's right.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🥩 Ancestral Health ⚡ Environmental Mismatch 🌿 Nature Connection 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

The Awakened Ape

Happiness isn't something you chase; it's something your genes produce when the environment's right.

af Jevan Pradas 2017 293 sider

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🥩 Ancestral Health ⚡ Environmental Mismatch 🌿 Nature Connection 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation

The Psychology of Twilight

af E. David Klonsky • 2011

Your brain picked Team Edward or Team Jacob long before you did. The reasons aren't romantic.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Pop Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🧪 Dopamine And Desire 🎬 Pop Culture Analysis

The Psychology of Twilight

Your brain picked Team Edward or Team Jacob long before you did. The reasons aren't romantic.

af E. David Klonsky 2011 272 sider

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Pop Psychology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🧪 Dopamine And Desire 🎬 Pop Culture Analysis

Looking for Spinoza

af António Damásio • 2001

A neuroscientist reveals feelings are body maps, and Spinoza mapped it first.

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Consciousness Science 🫀 Interoception 🚶 Embodied Cognition

Looking for Spinoza

A neuroscientist reveals feelings are body maps, and Spinoza mapped it first.

af António Damásio 2001 355 sider

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🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Consciousness Science 🫀 Interoception 🚶 Embodied Cognition

Joyful

af Ingrid Fetell Lee • 2018

Color, curves, and a window with a view: ten physical switches that lift any room's mood.

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🧠 Environmental Psychology 🌸 Everyday Aesthetics 🎨 Color Psychology 🌿 Biophilic Design 👁️ Sensory Design

Joyful

Color, curves, and a window with a view: ten physical switches that lift any room's mood.

af Ingrid Fetell Lee 2018 318 sider

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🧠 Environmental Psychology 🌸 Everyday Aesthetics 🎨 Color Psychology 🌿 Biophilic Design 👁️ Sensory Design

Untrue

af Wednesday Martin • 2018

The plough, not biology, invented female monogamy. Inside the science that rewrites female lust.

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🦋 Female Sexuality 💔 Infidelity 🔓 Non-Monogamy 🏛️ Origins Of Patriarchy 🙊 Sexual Stigma

Untrue

The plough, not biology, invented female monogamy. Inside the science that rewrites female lust.

af Wednesday Martin 2018 320 sider

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🦋 Female Sexuality 💔 Infidelity 🔓 Non-Monogamy 🏛️ Origins Of Patriarchy 🙊 Sexual Stigma

The Male Brain

af Louann Brizendine • 2010

A woman's brain isn't a blank slate: hormones sculpt it for love, talk, and survival.

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🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧪 Hormonal Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤱 Maternal Neuroscience 🌙 Menopause Transition

The Male Brain

A woman's brain isn't a blank slate: hormones sculpt it for love, talk, and survival.

af Louann Brizendine 2010 271 sider

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🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧪 Hormonal Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤱 Maternal Neuroscience 🌙 Menopause Transition

Kluge

af Gary F. Marcus • 2008

Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch 💭 Memory Fallibility 🏗️ Mental Architecture

Kluge

Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.

af Gary F. Marcus 2008 224 sider

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch 💭 Memory Fallibility 🏗️ Mental Architecture

The Science of Good and Evil

af Michael Shermer • 2004

Good and evil are evolutionary strategies, and science can decipher them.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Evolution Of Morality ✨ Secular Ethics 🔬 Moral Psychology 🕊️ Altruism

The Science of Good and Evil

Good and evil are evolutionary strategies, and science can decipher them.

af Michael Shermer 2004 350 sider

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Evolution Of Morality ✨ Secular Ethics 🔬 Moral Psychology 🕊️ Altruism

Timefulness

af Marcia Bjornerud • 2018

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

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⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

Timefulness

The climate crisis has a hidden dimension: time. Why the billion-year view matters now.

af Marcia Bjornerud 2018 224 sider

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⏳ Deep Time 🌍 Earth History 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 🏭 Anthropocene 🌿 Nature Connection

The Demon in the Machine

af Paul C.W. Davies • 2020

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

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🧬 Origin Of Life 📡 Information Theory 🧪 Molecular Biology 🔀 Complexity Science ⚛️ Quantum Biology

The Demon in the Machine

Life runs on information, not chemistry. Molecular demons manage it with near-perfect efficiency.

af Paul C.W. Davies 2020 320 sider

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🧬 Origin Of Life 📡 Information Theory 🧪 Molecular Biology 🔀 Complexity Science ⚛️ Quantum Biology

The Paleo Diet Revised

af Loren Cordain • 2001

The diet your genes expect: lean protein, foraged plants, and no grains, dairy, or sugar.

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🏛️ Ancestral Health 🥩 Paleo Diet 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🚫 Elimination Diets 📉 Glycemic Control

The Paleo Diet Revised

The diet your genes expect: lean protein, foraged plants, and no grains, dairy, or sugar.

af Loren Cordain 2001 288 sider

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🏛️ Ancestral Health 🥩 Paleo Diet 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🚫 Elimination Diets 📉 Glycemic Control

From Darwin to Derrida

af David Haig • 2020

Meaning and purpose seem beyond physics. This biologist argues they are products of it.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🤔 Philosophy Of Biology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 💡 Naturalized Meaning 🧩 Selfish Gene Theory

From Darwin to Derrida

Meaning and purpose seem beyond physics. This biologist argues they are products of it.

af David Haig 2020 512 sider

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🤔 Philosophy Of Biology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 💡 Naturalized Meaning 🧩 Selfish Gene Theory

The Genius of Birds

af Jennifer Ackerman • 2016

Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧩 Avian Intelligence 🐦 Bird Behavior 🗺️ Bird Migration 🔬 Ethology

The Genius of Birds

Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.

af Jennifer Ackerman 2016 352 sider

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧩 Avian Intelligence 🐦 Bird Behavior 🗺️ Bird Migration 🔬 Ethology

Earthing

af Clinton Ober • 2010

Bare skin on ground transfers electrons that neutralize inflammation. Modern shoes stopped the flow.

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⚡ Energy Medicine 🦴 Ancestral Health 🔥 Inflammation Reduction 😴 Sleep Optimization 💊 Pain Management

Earthing

Bare skin on ground transfers electrons that neutralize inflammation. Modern shoes stopped the flow.

af Clinton Ober 2010 272 sider

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⚡ Energy Medicine 🦴 Ancestral Health 🔥 Inflammation Reduction 😴 Sleep Optimization 💊 Pain Management

The Myth of Race

af Robert Wald Sussman • 2014

Why biological race is a scientific fraud: the 500-year history of an idea built to justify power.

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🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Scientific Racism 🧪 Biological Determinism 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race As Social Construct 🧫 Eugenics Movement

The Myth of Race

Why biological race is a scientific fraud: the 500-year history of an idea built to justify power.

af Robert Wald Sussman 2014 384 sider

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🔬 History Of Science 🧬 Scientific Racism 🧪 Biological Determinism 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race As Social Construct 🧫 Eugenics Movement

Virtual Society

af Herman Narula • 2022

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

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🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Virtual Society

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

af Herman Narula 2022 288 sider

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🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Darwin Comes to Town

af Menno Schilthuizen • 2018

Evolution is unfolding faster on concrete than in any rainforest, right under your feet.

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🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧬 Contemporary Evolution 🦎 Urban Adaptation 🐦 Animal Behavior 🧩 Habitat Fragmentation

Darwin Comes to Town

Evolution is unfolding faster on concrete than in any rainforest, right under your feet.

af Menno Schilthuizen 2018 304 sider

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🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧬 Contemporary Evolution 🦎 Urban Adaptation 🐦 Animal Behavior 🧩 Habitat Fragmentation

Two Meals a Day

af Mark Sisson • 2021

Cut sugar, grains, and seed oils. Eat twice a day. Your body already knows the rest.

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🕐 Intermittent Fasting 💉 Insulin Regulation 🔥 Fat Adaptation 🥩 Nutrient Density ⏰ Meal Timing

Two Meals a Day

Cut sugar, grains, and seed oils. Eat twice a day. Your body already knows the rest.

af Mark Sisson 2021 305 sider

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🕐 Intermittent Fasting 💉 Insulin Regulation 🔥 Fat Adaptation 🥩 Nutrient Density ⏰ Meal Timing

The Journey of Humanity

af Oded Galor • 2022

Every human was poor for 300,000 years. Then some nations escaped. The reason sits in prehistory.

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📈 Economic History 🌍 Development Economics ⛓️ Malthusian Trap ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🗺️ Geographic Determinism

The Journey of Humanity

Every human was poor for 300,000 years. Then some nations escaped. The reason sits in prehistory.

af Oded Galor 2022 304 sider

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📈 Economic History 🌍 Development Economics ⛓️ Malthusian Trap ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🗺️ Geographic Determinism

The Book of Minds

af Philip Ball • 2022

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence 👽 Alien Intelligence 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

The Book of Minds

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

af Philip Ball 2022 513 sider

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence 👽 Alien Intelligence 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

af Jared Diamond • 1991

How a species 98% chimp invented language, farming, and the means of its own ruin.

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🦴 Human Evolution 🦍 Primate Behavior 📜 Cultural Evolution 💑 Mating Strategies 🌾 Origins Of Agriculture

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

How a species 98% chimp invented language, farming, and the means of its own ruin.

af Jared Diamond 1991 360 sider

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🦴 Human Evolution 🦍 Primate Behavior 📜 Cultural Evolution 💑 Mating Strategies 🌾 Origins Of Agriculture

The Invisible Landscape

af Terence McKenna • 1975

A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.

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🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens 🌐 Holographic Universe ☯️ I Ching Studies

The Invisible Landscape

A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.

af Terence McKenna 1975 256 sider

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🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens 🌐 Holographic Universe ☯️ I Ching Studies

The Longevity Code

af Kris Verburgh • 2018

Aging isn't wear and tear. Fixable mechanisms like sugar cross-links and weak mitochondria drive it

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🧬 Aging Biology ⏳ Longevity Science 🐒 Evolutionary Medicine 🍬 Sugar And Aging 🔥 Hormesis

The Longevity Code

Aging isn't wear and tear. Fixable mechanisms like sugar cross-links and weak mitochondria drive it

af Kris Verburgh 2018 320 sider

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🧬 Aging Biology ⏳ Longevity Science 🐒 Evolutionary Medicine 🍬 Sugar And Aging 🔥 Hormesis

Brain-Wise

af Patricia S. Churchland • 2002

Everything we call mind is brain activity. Once philosophy accepts that, all its questions change.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Neurophilosophy 💭 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Emotion And Reason ⛓️ Free Will Debate

Brain-Wise

Everything we call mind is brain activity. Once philosophy accepts that, all its questions change.

af Patricia S. Churchland 2002

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Neurophilosophy 💭 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Emotion And Reason ⛓️ Free Will Debate

The Language Puzzle

af Steven Mithen • 2024

Language's origin: a six-million-year puzzle pieced from genes, tools, and ape gestures.

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🧬 Language Evolution 🐒 Primate Communication 🗣️ Evolution Of Speech 👶 Language Acquisition 🧠 Neural Networks

The Language Puzzle

Language's origin: a six-million-year puzzle pieced from genes, tools, and ape gestures.

af Steven Mithen 2024 544 sider

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🧬 Language Evolution 🐒 Primate Communication 🗣️ Evolution Of Speech 👶 Language Acquisition 🧠 Neural Networks

The Hand

af Frank R. Wilson • 1998

The hand is not the brain's tool. It is the brain's architect.

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🧬 Human Evolution 🦴 Paleoanthropology 🧠 Embodied Cognition 💪 Motor Control 🔧 Tool Use

The Hand

The hand is not the brain's tool. It is the brain's architect.

af Frank R. Wilson 1998 416 sider

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🧬 Human Evolution 🦴 Paleoanthropology 🧠 Embodied Cognition 💪 Motor Control 🔧 Tool Use

The Psychology of Intelligence

af Jean Piaget • 2001

Thinking is biology's most flexible adaptation, built from actions that become reversible.

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🧒 Developmental Psychology 🏗️ Constructivism 📈 Stage Theory 🧠 Cognitive Development 🏛️ Epistemology

The Psychology of Intelligence

Thinking is biology's most flexible adaptation, built from actions that become reversible.

af Jean Piaget 2001 202 sider

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🧒 Developmental Psychology 🏗️ Constructivism 📈 Stage Theory 🧠 Cognitive Development 🏛️ Epistemology

The Social Leap

af William Von Hippel • 2018

We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 👥 Social Cognition 🎭 Self-Deception 🦚 Sexual Selection

The Social Leap

We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.

af William Von Hippel 2018 304 sider

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 👥 Social Cognition 🎭 Self-Deception 🦚 Sexual Selection

Darwin's Doubt

af Stephen C. Meyer • 2013

The Cambrian explosion produced complex animals without ancestors. The math points to a designer.

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🧠 Intelligent Design 🦠 Cambrian Explosion 🦴 Paleontology 🧬 Biological Information 🐙 Origin Of Body Plans

Darwin's Doubt

The Cambrian explosion produced complex animals without ancestors. The math points to a designer.

af Stephen C. Meyer 2013 512 sider

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🧠 Intelligent Design 🦠 Cambrian Explosion 🦴 Paleontology 🧬 Biological Information 🐙 Origin Of Body Plans

The Darwin Economy

af Robert H. Frank • 2011

Darwin explains tax policy better than Adam Smith: the evolutionary case for taxing the top.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💎 Conspicuous Consumption ⚠️ Market Failures 🤝 Collective Action

The Darwin Economy

Darwin explains tax policy better than Adam Smith: the evolutionary case for taxing the top.

af Robert H. Frank 2011 240 sider

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🏛️ Political Economy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💎 Conspicuous Consumption ⚠️ Market Failures 🤝 Collective Action

Blueprint

af Nicholas A. Christakis • 2019

Goodness is our default setting. Evolution built us for love, friendship, and cooperation.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌐 Human Universals 🏛️ Cultural Anthropology 📜 Cultural Evolution 🕸️ Social Networks

Blueprint

Goodness is our default setting. Evolution built us for love, friendship, and cooperation.

af Nicholas A. Christakis 2019 544 sider

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌐 Human Universals 🏛️ Cultural Anthropology 📜 Cultural Evolution 🕸️ Social Networks

At the Water's Edge

af Carl Zimmer • 1998

Getting onto land was a 390-million-year project. Going back took whales just 15 million.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Paleontology 🔬 Macroevolution 🦖 Transitional Fossils ☄️ Mass Extinctions

At the Water's Edge

Getting onto land was a 390-million-year project. Going back took whales just 15 million.

af Carl Zimmer 1998 290 sider

4.09

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Paleontology 🔬 Macroevolution 🦖 Transitional Fossils ☄️ Mass Extinctions

The Future of Life

af Edward O. Wilson • 2002

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

4.14

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🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

The Future of Life

Extinction runs 1,000 times too fast. The bottleneck is not knowledge but a global land ethic.

af Edward O. Wilson 2002 256 sider

4.14

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🦠 Biodiversity Crisis 🌿 Conservation Biology ☠️ Sixth Extinction 🦏 Species Extinction 🌴 Tropical Rainforests

Outgrowing God

af Richard Dawkins • 2019

Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.

4.06

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🧠 New Atheism ⛪ Religious Critique 🌍 Secular Humanism 🌐 Comparative Religion 📖 Biblical Criticism

Outgrowing God

Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.

af Richard Dawkins 2019 200 sider

4.06

6.000+ bedømmelser

🧠 New Atheism ⛪ Religious Critique 🌍 Secular Humanism 🌐 Comparative Religion 📖 Biblical Criticism

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