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hboyd494's review
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
slow, difficult to get through, but fascinating concepts. I will often think of the ideas here.
whimsicalworlds's review
5.0
Edit: Bumped up the star rating because I keep coming back to the core points of this book when pondering unrelated topics.
This is a fascinating read that begins by asking why humans have such seemingly infinite potential to be good and evil, taking us down the long path of our evolution. It delves deeply into the theory of self-domestication and how it applies to humans, coming to startling conclusions that put much of human behavior and psychology into perspective. My only gripe is that the ending begins to ramble a bit on the future of our species.
This is a fascinating read that begins by asking why humans have such seemingly infinite potential to be good and evil, taking us down the long path of our evolution. It delves deeply into the theory of self-domestication and how it applies to humans, coming to startling conclusions that put much of human behavior and psychology into perspective. My only gripe is that the ending begins to ramble a bit on the future of our species.
wilte's review
4.0
Clear explanation how humans lack of reactive aggression evolved via self-domestication and coomunal punishment of too aggressive males. But we're no angels, and (still) experts in premeditade/proactive aggression (ambushes, raids, war).
Well argued book, perhaps a bit repetitive; a long read might hace sufficed to get the main point accros. But always nice to read a popular axience book that has a clear message and framework.
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/wilte/status/1183751143995957249?s=19
Well argued book, perhaps a bit repetitive; a long read might hace sufficed to get the main point accros. But always nice to read a popular axience book that has a clear message and framework.
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/wilte/status/1183751143995957249?s=19
sjfurger's review
2.0
I did a hybrid book/audiobook for this one. The topic is fascinating, and while the research is in the early stages (as the author himself notes), the book is still rich and dense. The narrator of the audiobook did the writing a disservice in my opinion, as his narration was rather dry for an already complex topic, but it was interesting!
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