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A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century
A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life | Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein
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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. Differences between the sexes once served a necessary evolutionary purpose, but today many dismiss the concept of biological sex as offensive. 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 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 straightforward principles and guidance for confronting our culture of hyper-novelty.
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Chelsea.Poole
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This aims to examine all aspects of modern life, namely “WEIRD” existence (western culture), compare it to humans who came before, and guide us how we should be living, covering diet, parenting, rituals, schooling, and so much more. Fascinating at times. The audio production is subpar 😬 and the authors came off as arrogant to me in several sections describing how wonderful THEY are in their parenting choices etc. However, still a great read!

Chelsea.Poole Reminded me a bit of, which was also good but focused mainly on, you guessed it, exercise. 2y
Megabooks I bailed on this. I couldn‘t get past the bad production values. 2y
Chelsea.Poole @Megabooks it really was bad 😬 and was all the more obvious now that I‘m listening to an excellently produced audiobook directly following it (and I highly recommend!) (edited) 2y
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15/150 An interesting discussion on how technological advances and changing social norms have affected the evolution of mankind. While this book is full of fascinating information, plus tips and suggestions to avoid the biggest pitfalls of current societal changes, I recommend getting it in print form. The authors are fine writers and scientist, but as narrators, they leave much to be desired. Their delivery is a bit monotone. 3 🐒🐒🐒 1/2

wanderinglynn Sounds interesting. 2y
Clwojick Great job! 2y
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Coils (print), Shit Actually (ebook) from Libby on my phone and A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century (audio), also on my phone from Libby.
Thanks for the tag @Andrew65 #WeekendReading

P.S. I love Libby!

Andrew65 Looks a good weekend ahead. 2y
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RamsFan1963 @audraelizabeth I checked your file, but no resume in it. 2y
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