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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature is a best-selling 2002 book by the cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker, in which the author makes a case against tabula rasa models in the social sciences, arguing that human behavior is substantially shaped by evolutionary psychological adaptations.
The Human Zoo is a book written by the British zoologist Desmond Morris, published in 1969. [1] It is a follow-up to his earlier book The Naked Ape ; both books examine how the biological nature of the human species has shaped the character of the cultures of the contemporary world.
In freeing the landscape from humans, half of the book is devoted to looking at how the world would change in their absence. Stewart chose to make his main human character an ecologist, and sends him on a cross-country tour, to see what the world is like without people. As animals and plants no longer have humans taking care of them or ...
Famous people quotes about human nature. 31. “Every cynic is a sentimentalist under the skin.” —Louis L’Amour (September 1996) 32. “Nobody has ever measured, even the poets, how much a ...
These nature quotes will make you want to get outside ASAP! They're inspirational, fun to read, and so meaningful. These Nature Quotes Will Inspire You to Spend More Time Outside
Recurring themes include embracing spontaneity and achieving freedom from the human world and its conventions. The text aims to illustrate the arbitrariness and ultimate falsity of dichotomies normally embraced by human societies, such as those between good and bad, large and small, life and death, or human and nature.
It’s a way to fight without admitting to your feelings so you can blame the other person when they react, says Nina Vasan, MD, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Stanford School of ...
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory is a 2018 book by anthropologist David Graeber that postulates the existence of meaningless jobs and analyzes their societal harm. He contends that over half of societal work is pointless and becomes psychologically destructive when paired with a work ethic that associates work with self-worth .