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Sex, Murder and the Meaning of Life

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What’s it about?

Why do we love, kill, and crave meaning? Evolutionary psychology reveals the ancient survival programs running your mind.

You’ll learn

  • The mind is a collection of specialized modules
  • Social motives are a dynamic hierarchy
  • Prejudice is a distorted self-protection system
  • Altruism evolved for genetic and reciprocal benefit