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People’s explicit theories about their own institutions are generally post hoc and often wrong.
Joseph Henrich • The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
ANSWERING “WHY?”
Scott H. Young • Ultralearning
Tomasello believes that human ultrasociality arose in two steps. The first was the ability to share intentions in groups of two or three people who were actively hunting or foraging together. (That was the Rubicon.) Then, after several hundred thousand years of evolution for better sharing and collaboration as nomadic hunter-gatherers, more collabo
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Timothy Butler • Getting Unstuck: A Guide to Discovering Your Next Career Path
volitional
Sam Harris • Free Will
As a social scientist, I started with the data: randomized experiments, longitudinal studies, and meta-analyses (studies of studies) that quantify cumulative results.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential
‘The Hobbesian image of humans, judging from the most common evidence, is empirically wrong,’ Collins asserts. ‘Humans are hardwired for […] solidarity; and this is what makes violence so difficult.’29