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A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
by Heather E. Heying, Bret Weinstein
I love reading books that question the culture we have created and boast about being the greatest culture ever. In America we have great faith in our medical system, education system, food supply, and out scientific systems. This book takes the Chesterton's fence approach to looking at these systems we have in America.
The authors start off discussing how humans have evolved to get to the point where we are currently. They then transition into medicine and food. They discuss how modern medical marvels do help us, but also cause us harm that we tend to dismiss. The same with food. GMOs can be a good thing and a bad thing. We need to be more focused on figuring out what is actually beneficial to us and was is harming us.
I especially liked the chapter on sleep because I have recently started working on creating artificial natural light patterns in my home through smart lighting and it has helped with sleep patterns greatly. This book discusses the science behind it and why the invention of the electric light isn't as great as we make it out to be.
Sex, gender, and parenthood are also a big topic discussed in this book. The authors really focus on Chesterton's fence in this chapter while they ask questions about why we find gender roles oppressive and then asks what the world would be like if those gender roles were still in effect.
This book does a great job asking the tough questions that no one in our society seems to want to ask. This book is a must read for anyone who likes questioning what they have always assumed to be right without actually researching it themselves.
The authors start off discussing how humans have evolved to get to the point where we are currently. They then transition into medicine and food. They discuss how modern medical marvels do help us, but also cause us harm that we tend to dismiss. The same with food. GMOs can be a good thing and a bad thing. We need to be more focused on figuring out what is actually beneficial to us and was is harming us.
I especially liked the chapter on sleep because I have recently started working on creating artificial natural light patterns in my home through smart lighting and it has helped with sleep patterns greatly. This book discusses the science behind it and why the invention of the electric light isn't as great as we make it out to be.
Sex, gender, and parenthood are also a big topic discussed in this book. The authors really focus on Chesterton's fence in this chapter while they ask questions about why we find gender roles oppressive and then asks what the world would be like if those gender roles were still in effect.
This book does a great job asking the tough questions that no one in our society seems to want to ask. This book is a must read for anyone who likes questioning what they have always assumed to be right without actually researching it themselves.