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The Evolution of Fatherhood
In her new book, Sarah Hrdy's explores the natural history of paternal care, describing the underlying behavioral endocrinology and speculating on its…
Jul 29
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All Bayes Everything
Subjective beliefs can offer a path to decreasing prediction error. This is the power of Bayes' Theorem. Plus, our flawed brains may be natural Bayesian…
Jun 14
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A Brief Genetic History of Europe
A tour of highlights from A Short History of Humanity: A New History of Old Europe by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe.
May 19
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Narcissism in Reflection
Can you look away? A review of The Portrait of a Mirror by A. Natasha Joukovsky.
Apr 6
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The Child is the Father of the Man
A new memoir may startle American elites out of the "vast carelessness" of their status games. It also delivers moral messages for the wayward among us…
Feb 26
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The Struggle to be Solidarity Nation
A review of The Genius of Israel by Dan Senor and Saul Singer
Jan 29
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A Theory of Everyone
Can our collective brain grow fast enough to solve the problems of our future?
Nov 30, 2023
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The Genetic History of the British Isles
Dabbling in ancient DNA. Learning a bit of my history. The modern Brits descend from Bell Beakers.
Nov 16, 2023
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Evolving Beyond Determinism
Kevin J. Mitchell's book Free Agents argues the long evolutionary path that created the human brain iteratively yet incidentally birthed free will.
Oct 31, 2023
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Canceling the American Mind
I review the latest entry in the free speech wars. The FIRE brigade rushes to extinguish cancel culture.
Oct 20, 2023
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Radical Chic Continues
Review of Freddie deBoer's latest book: How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement
Oct 6, 2023
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A History of Intelligence
What evolutionary steps powered our potent cognitive capacities? Does understanding this history of the brain help us build artificial intelligence?
Sep 19, 2023
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