The Secret of Our Success appears in 7 book lists

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The Secret of Our Success appears in 7 book lists on Shepherd.

The best books for understanding what's really important, from someone who doesn't have it all figured out

Book cover of Educated: A Memoir Book cover of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Book cover of Happiness: A Very Short Introduction Book cover of The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter Book cover of Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious

The best books about the things that make us human

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The best books for getting a grip on our reality

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The best books on cultural evolution

Book cover of Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking Book cover of A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy Book cover of The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter Book cover of The Meme Machine Book cover of On the Origin of Tepees: The Evolution of Ideas (and Ourselves)

The best books about how the world really works

Book cover of The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking) Book cover of Debt: The First 5,000 Years Book cover of Blindsight Book cover of Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed Book cover of The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter

The best books on social evolution, social neuroscience, and social connection

Book cover of Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst Book cover of The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter Book cover of Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame Book cover of Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect Book cover of Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society

The best books on what makes humans so smart

Book cover of Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human Book cover of Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count Book cover of In the Theater of Consciousness: The Workspace of the Mind Book cover of Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts Book cover of The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter

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