Key Insights From:
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
By Robert Sapolsky
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10 Minute Read
Published: May 2, 2017
Key Insights From:
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
By Robert Sapolsky
Audio Available |
10 Minute Read
Published: May 2, 2017
What You'll Learn:
In addition to dedicating years of his life to living among baboons in the African bush, Robert Sapolsky is a Stanford professor whose work sits at the nexus of primatology and neuroscience. Behave is a deep dive into the meaning behind human behavior. As his 800-page tome reveals, it’s a subject too complicated for any single field of science to explain adequately.
Key Insights:
- It’s most helpful to understand a human behavior as emanating from a series of concentric circles that provide multiple layers of context.
- The amygdala is vitally important, but it can also get us in trouble—with the law.
- Oxytocin makes us feel safe, but it can also make us overly trusting.
- Humans don’t hate violence—we hate violence taken out of context.
- Deep change in human behavior is possible over the course of generations, days, or just a few seconds.
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