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In The Human Zoo, zoologist Desmond Morris suggests ways to combat what he considers an existential threat to the human race: overpopulation. Although his diagnosis of the problem may have been incorrect, 50 years later, many of his 'solutions' have in fact been adopted.
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life is the sequel to Jordan Peterson's bestselling 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos.
Esteemed medical doctor, researcher and author, Peter C. Gøtzsche, is currently releasing a (free) serialised version of his book: Mental Health Survival Kit and Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs.
Increasing numbers of couples are choosing to cohabitate. In Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life, Jordan Peterson explains why he opposes cohabitation as an alternative to marriage.
Twelve-Step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous encourage members to accept that they are ‘powerless’ over their addictions. But research cited in Nir Eyal’s book, Indistractable: How To Control Your Attention And Choose Your Life, suggests that this way of thinking could be doing more harm than good.
Atomic Habits by James Clear combines personal anecdotes, scientific research, ancient wisdom, and the achievements of exceptional people, to establish a framework for developing productive habits.
That’s how many minutes you have to spend each day.
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain is the second book by neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett. Here are some highlights with commentary.
Rather than helping to explain, psychiatric diagnoses like ‘ADHD’ do more to obscure what really matters. Sami Timimi's latest book explains why.
How many of us are blindly repeating behaviours that, at one time or another, were advantageous (if not life-saving), without realising that the environment in which these habits were developed no longer exists?