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🧠 The Human Sciences

An inquiry into the disciplines — psychology, sociology, anthropology — that attempt to study human beings with the rigor of science, and the philosophical tensions that endeavor creates.
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You
by Agustín Fuentes • 2008
Three myths about human nature: race, aggression, sex. Science disproved them. Common sense hung on.
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281
🧬 Biological Anthropology🌱 Nature Vs Nurture🏗️ Social Construction
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You Summary
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You 92%
Three myths about human nature: race, aggression, sex. Science disproved them. Common sense hung on.
by Agustín Fuentes 2008
3.72
281 ratings
🧬 Biological Anthropology🌱 Nature Vs Nurture🏗️ Social Construction
The Human Story
by Robin I.M. Dunbar • 2004
Gossip, laughter, gods: how the social brain made us human, and the number behind it.
3.87
334
🦍 Human Evolution🧠 Social Neuroscience🤝 Theory Of Mind
The Human Story Summary
The Human Story 92%
Gossip, laughter, gods: how the social brain made us human, and the number behind it.
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2004
3.87
334 ratings
🦍 Human Evolution🧠 Social Neuroscience🤝 Theory Of Mind
What Do You Think You Are?
by Brian Clegg • 2020
Your atoms were forged in dying stars. The rest of you is harder to explain.
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136
🧬 Human Origins🧠 Consciousness🌱 Nature Vs Nurture
What Do You Think You Are? Summary
What Do You Think You Are? 91%
Your atoms were forged in dying stars. The rest of you is harder to explain.
by Brian Clegg 2020
3.29
136 ratings
🧬 Human Origins🧠 Consciousness🌱 Nature Vs Nurture
The Ascent of Man
by Jacob Bronowski • 1973
Art and science are twin expressions of a single gift: the mind's ability to remake itself.
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🔬 History Of Science🧬 Cultural Evolution🦍 Human Origins
The Ascent of Man Summary
The Ascent of Man 91%
Art and science are twin expressions of a single gift: the mind's ability to remake itself.
by Jacob Bronowski 1973
4.21
6k+ ratings
🔬 History Of Science🧬 Cultural Evolution🦍 Human Origins
The Hand
by 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
The Hand Summary
The Hand 91%
The hand is not the brain's tool. It is the brain's architect.
by Frank R. Wilson 1998
3.82
217 ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🦴 Paleoanthropology🧠 Embodied Cognition
Blueprint
by 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
Blueprint Summary
Blueprint 91%
Goodness is our default setting. Evolution built us for love, friendship, and cooperation.
by Nicholas A. Christakis 2019
3.95
2k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌐 Human Universals🏛️ Cultural Anthropology
The Dragons of Eden
by Carl Sagan • 1977
Your skull houses a reptile, a mammal, and a thinker, and they rarely get along.
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📖 Popular Science🧠 Brain Evolution🦴 Human Origins
The Dragons of Eden Summary
The Dragons of Eden 91%
Your skull houses a reptile, a mammal, and a thinker, and they rarely get along.
by Carl Sagan 1977
4.19
22k+ ratings
📖 Popular Science🧠 Brain Evolution🦴 Human Origins
How the Mind Changed
by Joseph Jebelli • 2022
The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.
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🧬 Human Evolution🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧩 Evolutionary Psychology
How the Mind Changed Summary
How the Mind Changed 91%
The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.
by Joseph Jebelli 2022
4.06
348 ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧩 Evolutionary Psychology
The Upright Thinkers
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2015
What connects bipedal apes to quantum physics? A single, stubborn habit of asking why.
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🏛️ Big History🔬 History Of Science🧬 Human Evolution
The Upright Thinkers Summary
The Upright Thinkers 91%
What connects bipedal apes to quantum physics? A single, stubborn habit of asking why.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2015
4.13
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Big History🔬 History Of Science🧬 Human Evolution
Humankind
by Rutger Bregman • 2019
Human nature is wired for kindness and cooperation; civilization is what corrupts it.
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🧬 Human Nature🤝 Prosocial Evolution🎯 Intrinsic Motivation
Humankind Summary
Humankind 91%
Human nature is wired for kindness and cooperation; civilization is what corrupts it.
by Rutger Bregman 2019
4.32
82k+ ratings
🧬 Human Nature🤝 Prosocial Evolution🎯 Intrinsic Motivation
Nature Via Nurture
by Matt Ridley • 2003
Genes are not a script but a set of switches, and the environment does the flipping.
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4k+
🧬 Epigenetics🧬 Behavioral Genetics🌍 Human Universals
Nature Via Nurture Summary
Nature Via Nurture 91%
Genes are not a script but a set of switches, and the environment does the flipping.
by Matt Ridley 2003
4.06
4k+ ratings
🧬 Epigenetics🧬 Behavioral Genetics🌍 Human Universals
Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort
by George Kingsley Zipf • 2012
Every word spoken and every city built follows one mathematical equation.
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22
📊 Quantitative Linguistics⚛️ Social Physics📈 Power Laws
Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort Summary
Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort 91%
Every word spoken and every city built follows one mathematical equation.
by George Kingsley Zipf 2012
3.77
22 ratings
📊 Quantitative Linguistics⚛️ Social Physics📈 Power Laws
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
by Carl Zimmer • 2018
Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.
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🧬 Genetics And Heredity🔬 History Of Science🌱 Nature And Nurture
She Has Her Mother's Laugh Summary
She Has Her Mother's Laugh 91%
Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.
by Carl Zimmer 2018
4.15
7k+ ratings
🧬 Genetics And Heredity🔬 History Of Science🌱 Nature And Nurture
The 10000 Year Explosion
by Gregory Cochran • 2009
Agriculture rewired the human genome faster than anything in six million years.
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2k+
🧬 Human Evolution🧫 Population Genetics🌾 Agricultural Revolution
The 10000 Year Explosion Summary
The 10000 Year Explosion 91%
Agriculture rewired the human genome faster than anything in six million years.
by Gregory Cochran 2009
3.94
2k+ ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🧫 Population Genetics🌾 Agricultural Revolution
The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology
by David M. Buss • 2005
Psychology describes how the mind works. Evolutionary psychology explains why it evolved that way.
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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Cognitive Science🧩 Modular Mind
The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology Summary
The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology 91%
Psychology describes how the mind works. Evolutionary psychology explains why it evolved that way.
by David M. Buss 2005
4.25
111 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Cognitive Science🧩 Modular Mind
Sapiens
by Yuval Noah Harari • 2011
The one skill that let humans conquer the planet: inventing things we all pretend are real.
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🌍 Big History🧬 Cultural Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Psychology
Sapiens Summary
Sapiens 91%
The one skill that let humans conquer the planet: inventing things we all pretend are real.
by Yuval Noah Harari 2011
4.33
1.3M+ ratings
🌍 Big History🧬 Cultural Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Psychology
Being Human
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2012
From parasite mind control to the biology of metaphors: what science reveals about being human.
4.35
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🧬 Behavioral Biology🧠 Social Neuroscience🩺 Status And Health
Being Human Summary
Being Human 91%
From parasite mind control to the biology of metaphors: what science reveals about being human.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012
4.35
806 ratings
🧬 Behavioral Biology🧠 Social Neuroscience🩺 Status And Health
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds
by Dennis Proffitt • 2020
Hills steepen with fatigue and distances swell with weight: a tour of the body-built reality.
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🧠 Embodied Cognition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🌏 Cultural Psychology
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds Summary
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds 91%
Hills steepen with fatigue and distances swell with weight: a tour of the body-built reality.
by Dennis Proffitt 2020
4.01
238 ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🌏 Cultural Psychology
The Social Leap
by 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
The Social Leap Summary
The Social Leap 90%
We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.
by William Von Hippel 2018
4.23
2k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Human Evolution👥 Social Cognition
Mind Wide Open
by Steven Johnson • 1999
A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.
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6k+
🧠 Pop Neuroscience🧩 Cognitive Science🗣️ Social Neuroscience
Mind Wide Open Summary
Mind Wide Open 90%
A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.
by Steven Johnson 1999
3.90
6k+ ratings
🧠 Pop Neuroscience🧩 Cognitive Science🗣️ Social Neuroscience
On Human Nature
by Roger Scruton • 2017
Genes and memes don't explain why you honor your dead, laugh, or hold someone accountable.
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642
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Moral Philosophy🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature 90%
Genes and memes don't explain why you honor your dead, laugh, or hold someone accountable.
by Roger Scruton 2017
3.73
642 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Moral Philosophy🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
The Blank Slate
by Steven Pinker • 2002
Science has overturned the blank slate. Human nature is real, and building a just world requires it.
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25k+
🧬 Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧪 Behavioral Genetics
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate 90%
Science has overturned the blank slate. Human nature is real, and building a just world requires it.
by Steven Pinker 2002
4.09
25k+ ratings
🧬 Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧪 Behavioral Genetics
How the Mind Works
by Steven Pinker • 1997
Your mind is a system of evolved modules. Consciousness is the one puzzle evolution left unsolved.
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21k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Cognitive Science🧩 Modular Mind
How the Mind Works Summary
How the Mind Works 90%
Your mind is a system of evolved modules. Consciousness is the one puzzle evolution left unsolved.
by Steven Pinker 1997
3.99
21k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Cognitive Science🧩 Modular Mind
Ignorance
by Stuart Firestein • 2012
Science runs on ignorance not facts and the real skill is knowing which question to chase.
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🧠 Philosophy Of Science🎓 Science Education🔬 Scientific Method
Ignorance Summary
Ignorance 90%
Science runs on ignorance not facts and the real skill is knowing which question to chase.
by Stuart Firestein 2012
3.86
1k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Science🎓 Science Education🔬 Scientific Method
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...
by Steven Pinker • 2025
How an infinite mental loop explains why we blush, lie, laugh, and cancel.
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2k+
🧠 Cognitive Psychology♟️ Game Theory🧩 Social Coordination
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Summary
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... 90%
How an infinite mental loop explains why we blush, lie, laugh, and cancel.
by Steven Pinker 2025
3.52
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology♟️ Game Theory🧩 Social Coordination
Born to Rebel
by Frank J. Sulloway • 1996
Firstborns guard the status quo; laterborns upend it. The pattern holds from nursery to revolution.
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👥 Sibling Dynamics🧠 Personality Formation🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
Born to Rebel Summary
Born to Rebel 90%
Firstborns guard the status quo; laterborns upend it. The pattern holds from nursery to revolution.
by Frank J. Sulloway 1996
3.73
324 ratings
👥 Sibling Dynamics🧠 Personality Formation🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes • 1976
Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.
4.26
6k+
🧠 Consciousness Studies🧬 Consciousness Evolution🧩 Neurological Models
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind 90%
Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.
by Julian Jaynes 1976
4.26
6k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🧬 Consciousness Evolution🧩 Neurological Models
Homo Deus
by Yuval Noah Harari • 2015
Our oldest enemies are falling. The technology that beat them is now dismantling humanism itself.
4.18
290k+
📜 Big History🤖 Technological Disruption🧬 Transhumanism
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus 90%
Our oldest enemies are falling. The technology that beat them is now dismantling humanism itself.
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015
4.18
290k+ ratings
📜 Big History🤖 Technological Disruption🧬 Transhumanism
Humanimal
by Adam Rutherford • 2016
We alone compose symphonies. Yet every supposedly unique human trait exists elsewhere in nature.
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3k+
🦴 Human Evolution🔬 Comparative Biology🧩 Animal Cognition
Humanimal Summary
Humanimal 90%
We alone compose symphonies. Yet every supposedly unique human trait exists elsewhere in nature.
by Adam Rutherford 2016
3.83
3k+ ratings
🦴 Human Evolution🔬 Comparative Biology🧩 Animal Cognition
The Tell-Tale Brain
by V.S. Ramachandran • 2010
Mirror neurons, cells that fire whether you act or watch someone else, are what made us human.
4.15
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🧠 Neuroplasticity🪞 Mirror Neurons🎨 Neuroaesthetics
The Tell-Tale Brain Summary
The Tell-Tale Brain 90%
Mirror neurons, cells that fire whether you act or watch someone else, are what made us human.
by V.S. Ramachandran 2010
4.15
11k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroplasticity🪞 Mirror Neurons🎨 Neuroaesthetics
The Gene
by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2016
From Mendel's peas to CRISPR babies: how the gene became biology's most powerful and dangerous idea.
4.35
56k+
🧬 History Of Genetics⚠️ Eugenics History🗺️ Human Genome Project
The Gene Summary
The Gene 90%
From Mendel's peas to CRISPR babies: how the gene became biology's most powerful and dangerous idea.
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2016
4.35
56k+ ratings
🧬 History Of Genetics⚠️ Eugenics History🗺️ Human Genome Project
This Idea Is Brilliant
by John Brockman • 2018
The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.
3.83
662
🧠 Third Culture🔬 Scientific Method🪞 Cognitive Biases
This Idea Is Brilliant Summary
This Idea Is Brilliant 90%
The overlooked scientific ideas top minds most urgently want you to know, from entropy to emergence.
by John Brockman 2018
3.83
662 ratings
🧠 Third Culture🔬 Scientific Method🪞 Cognitive Biases
How Pleasure Works
by Paul Bloom • 2010
You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.
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4k+
🧠 Hedonic Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics
How Pleasure Works Summary
How Pleasure Works 90%
You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.
by Paul Bloom 2010
3.71
4k+ ratings
🧠 Hedonic Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 1997
Testosterone amplifies aggression, it doesn't cause it. Biology is never destiny.
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🧬 Behavioral Biology📝 Science Essays❤️ Stress And Health
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament Summary
The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament 90%
Testosterone amplifies aggression, it doesn't cause it. Biology is never destiny.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 1997
4.20
2k+ ratings
🧬 Behavioral Biology📝 Science Essays❤️ Stress And Health
This View of Life
by David Sloan Wilson • 2019
Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.
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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution👥 Group Selection
This View of Life Summary
This View of Life 90%
Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.
by David Sloan Wilson 2019
3.96
372 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution👥 Group Selection
The Social Atom
by Mark Buchanan • 2007
Segregation, fads, and wealth gaps are not about human nature. They are physics.
3.71
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🔬 Complexity Science🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases
The Social Atom Summary
The Social Atom 90%
Segregation, fads, and wealth gaps are not about human nature. They are physics.
by Mark Buchanan 2007
3.71
587 ratings
🔬 Complexity Science🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases
Innate
by Kevin J. Mitchell • 2018
Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.
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691
🧬 Behavioral Genetics🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌱 Nature Versus Nurture
Innate Summary
Innate 90%
Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.
by Kevin J. Mitchell 2018
4.14
691 ratings
🧬 Behavioral Genetics🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌱 Nature Versus Nurture
Monkeyluv
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2005
A parasite can make a rat crave the smell of a cat, and that's only the beginning.
4.24
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🐒 Primate Behavior🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction🧠 Stress Physiology
Monkeyluv Summary
Monkeyluv 90%
A parasite can make a rat crave the smell of a cat, and that's only the beginning.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2005
4.24
2k+ ratings
🐒 Primate Behavior🧬 Gene-Environment Interaction🧠 Stress Physiology
The Two Cultures
by C.P. Snow • 1959
A scientist's 1959 warning: the rift between science and the humanities is a crisis of civilization.
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📜 Intellectual History🔬 Science And Society🧪 Scientific Literacy
The Two Cultures Summary
The Two Cultures 90%
A scientist's 1959 warning: the rift between science and the humanities is a crisis of civilization.
by C.P. Snow 1959
3.66
2k+ ratings
📜 Intellectual History🔬 Science And Society🧪 Scientific Literacy
Our Kind
by Marvin Harris • 1989
Built for a lost world: why we crave, worship, and wage war, from an anthropologist.
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672
🧬 Human Evolution🏺 Prehistory🏛️ Cultural Evolution
Our Kind Summary
Our Kind 90%
Built for a lost world: why we crave, worship, and wage war, from an anthropologist.
by Marvin Harris 1989
4.17
672 ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🏺 Prehistory🏛️ Cultural Evolution
A History of the Human Brain
by Bret Stetka • 2021
Seafood, gossip, and cooking built the human brain; now we're directing its evolution.
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379
🧬 Human Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Neuroscience👥 Social Brain
A History of the Human Brain Summary
A History of the Human Brain 90%
Seafood, gossip, and cooking built the human brain; now we're directing its evolution.
by Bret Stetka 2021
4.00
379 ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🧠 Evolutionary Neuroscience👥 Social Brain
Behave
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2017
Trace any human act through neurons, hormones, and evolution. Free will disappears at every scale.
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🧬 Behavioral Biology🧪 Neurochemistry💉 Hormones And Behavior
Behave Summary
Behave 90%
Trace any human act through neurons, hormones, and evolution. Free will disappears at every scale.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2017
4.38
33k+ ratings
🧬 Behavioral Biology🧪 Neurochemistry💉 Hormones And Behavior
Look
by Christian Madsbjerg • 2023
Thinking without looking is guessing. Why the most insightful people observe before they analyze.
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233
🏛️ Phenomenology🔍 Gestalt Psychology👁️ Ethnographic Observation
Look Summary
Look 90%
Thinking without looking is guessing. Why the most insightful people observe before they analyze.
by Christian Madsbjerg 2023
3.15
233 ratings
🏛️ Phenomenology🔍 Gestalt Psychology👁️ Ethnographic Observation
This Will Make You Smarter
by John Brockman • 2012
Leading scientists each make the case for the single concept they would install in every mind.
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🧠 Mental Models🔬 Scientific Thinking🤔 Cognitive Biases
This Will Make You Smarter Summary
This Will Make You Smarter 90%
Leading scientists each make the case for the single concept they would install in every mind.
by John Brockman 2012
3.79
7k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Models🔬 Scientific Thinking🤔 Cognitive Biases
The Atomic Human
by Neil D. Lawrence • 2024
Bleeding, forgetting, doubting: these aren't bugs in the human system. They are the system.
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🤖 Artificial Intelligence🧠 Cognitive Science🫂 What Makes Us Human
The Atomic Human Summary
The Atomic Human 90%
Bleeding, forgetting, doubting: these aren't bugs in the human system. They are the system.
by Neil D. Lawrence 2024
3.41
197 ratings
🤖 Artificial Intelligence🧠 Cognitive Science🫂 What Makes Us Human
Sensemaking
by Christian Madsbjerg • 2017
Algorithms cannot read a room. The humanities, not more data, unlock what people actually mean.
3.67
680
🔍 Cultural Analysis📝 Thick Description👁️ Ethnographic Methods
Sensemaking Summary
Sensemaking 90%
Algorithms cannot read a room. The humanities, not more data, unlock what people actually mean.
by Christian Madsbjerg 2017
3.67
680 ratings
🔍 Cultural Analysis📝 Thick Description👁️ Ethnographic Methods
Mirroring People
by Marco Iacoboni • 2008
Why you flinch when someone else is struck: your brain rehearses everything it sees.
3.79
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🧠 Social Neuroscience💞 Empathy Science👶 Social Learning
Mirroring People Summary
Mirroring People 90%
Why you flinch when someone else is struck: your brain rehearses everything it sees.
by Marco Iacoboni 2008
3.79
986 ratings
🧠 Social Neuroscience💞 Empathy Science👶 Social Learning
Cheaper, Faster, Better
by Tom Steyer • 2024
The invisible hand shaping your life is not economics: it's the social limit of 150 relationships.
3.87
461
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Human Evolution🐒 Primate Behavior
Cheaper, Faster, Better Summary
Cheaper, Faster, Better 90%
The invisible hand shaping your life is not economics: it's the social limit of 150 relationships.
by Tom Steyer 2024
3.87
461 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Human Evolution🐒 Primate Behavior
A Natural History of Human Thinking
by Michael Tomasello • 2014
Apes think alone. We think together. The two-step evolution that made the difference.
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207
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Cognitive Evolution🤝 Social Cognition
A Natural History of Human Thinking Summary
A Natural History of Human Thinking 90%
Apes think alone. We think together. The two-step evolution that made the difference.
by Michael Tomasello 2014
3.99
207 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Cognitive Evolution🤝 Social Cognition
A Natural History of Human Emotions
by Stuart Walton • 2005
Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.
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23
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Cultural History💭 Philosophy Of Mind
A Natural History of Human Emotions Summary
A Natural History of Human Emotions 90%
Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.
by Stuart Walton 2005
3.61
23 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Cultural History💭 Philosophy Of Mind
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