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The Elephant in the Brain
- Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Social Sciences
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Publisher's Summary
Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better - and thus, we don't like to talk, or even think, about the extent of our selfishness. This is "the elephant in the brain".
Such an introspective taboo makes it hard for us to think clearly about our nature and the explanations for our behavior. The aim of this book, then, is to confront our hidden motives directly - to track down the darker, unexamined corners of our psyches and blast them with floodlights. Then, once everything is clearly visible, we can work to better understand ourselves: Why do we laugh? Why are artists sexy? Why do we brag about travel? Why do we prefer to speak rather than listen?
Our unconscious motives drive more than just our private behavior; they also infect our venerated social institutions such as art, school, charity, medicine, politics, and religion. In fact, these institutions are in many ways designed to accommodate our hidden motives, to serve covert agendas alongside their "official" ones. The existence of big hidden motives can upend the usual political debates, leading one to question the legitimacy of these social institutions, and of standard policies designed to favor or discourage them. You won't see yourself - or the world - the same after confronting the elephant in the brain.
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- RM
- 18-06-19
mostly obvious but has sparks of brilliance
To start with, there are no index of chapter names in the audible version. There are just chapter numbers.
The book starts off well but then over the second half converts to a bag of obvious examples. I agree with around 70% of the thoughts of the authors and am neutral to the remaining. The two chapters laughter and language keeps stating the obvious and had to be forwarded.
The authors drop in big words to describe mundane human characteristics esp in the laughter and language chapters.
I disagree with the authors on the chapter on religion, where they are trying to rationalise religion.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-01-19
unfiltered perspective
Ideal blend of theory, research with practical perspectives. Some groups will feel he steps on their toes - better also order steel toed boots.
34 people found this helpful
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- Burger Flipper
- 02-10-18
Signalling and self-deception explained
Simler and Hanson have crafted a tidy and provocative book about how full of it we all are and why. And how self deception appears and functions in our most hallowed institutions: education, medicine, charity, etc.
They make a strong case. The book has a light and breezy tone at times, but is full of info and good illustrative examples (more so when they stay away from examples from their own lives).
The reading by Kafer is very solid.
Not many books pack this much value. A big idea explained and then its real world implications explored in many directions. Yet not too dense for listening to while commuting.
This is a top 5 audiobook for me. Actually enjoyed my time on the 405 for the last week.
218 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-02-19
and intellectual indulgence
as a trial lawyer and businessman I found this book absolutely fascinating in terms of understanding why people do ridiculous things thinking they're intelligent I've recommended this book to every lawyer in my law firm and my kids
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- Anonymous User
- 11-10-18
potentially life-changing
a great insight into the human mind and motives. it can change the way you look at others but especially yourself.
35 people found this helpful
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- D. Bier
- 30-10-18
Fails to fully convince — but an ape like me WOULD say that, wouldn’t I?
Some of the arguments reduce to simple observations of generic, widely known human motives, so much so that they become unfalsifiable. Others, such as the idea we get too much medical care to signal we’re being well taken care of by our allies, are just implausible and ignore a wide variety of closely associated behaviors that don’t fit that theory—like the widespread phenomenon of “self-medicating” with vitamins and alternative remedies, a $40 billion industry, or other diet and lifestyle practices that signal a preoccupation with *self*-care. Or consider the fact that people often both conceal important medical problems or discuss them endlessly with anyone who will listen. There’s always an ad hoc explanation that can account for opposite tendencies, but it’s hard to know how seriously to take them.
146 people found this helpful
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- Rich
- 15-10-18
Interesting insight into the mind
Enjoyed thoroughly. Narrator was very good. The material was at a level that a layperson could understand. One could also jump to various chapters at the end without being lost as to what was going on.
30 people found this helpful
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- Jody
- 20-06-19
Interesting but repetitive
It was an interesting read but overall it just felt repetitive. Definitely not a bad book but I feel like it could have been shortened by quite a bit and conveyed the same message. Worth it if you're interested in human social evolution.
9 people found this helpful
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- Management Consultant
- 14-01-19
Brilliant - no bullshit
A quick run through of studies on altruism, self-interest, and how we lie to ourselves. There are many interesting examples that show clearly to what extent various activities are more inherently functional, enjoyable, or just signalling.
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- Evert
- 16-03-19
Let Me Save You the Credit
Despite some of the glowing reviews, this book is not as revelatory as is made out. It does serve as a basic introduction to the field of motivation, but anyone who is at least somewhat acquainted neurobiology will find it on the side of ho hum. I think a far better listen is anything by Dr. V. S. Ramachandran who is both more insightful and interesting. I would also suggest, Freakanomics, the standard when it comes to motivation.
But if you still want to listen to the book, here is it in total: the are two basic motivations: sex and prestige. Further broken down: sexual motivation is the desire to attract a mate to reproduce, and prestige is the desire to gather allies. That’s it.
The main reason I found the book lacking in any real substance is due to its reliance on the evolutionary psychology. There is a reason psychology is called the “pseudo-science.” After all, more than half of all psych research is nonreproducible. But evolutionary psychology is even worse. There is nothing about it, in scientific terms, that is “falsifiable.” Therefore, it is not science. It is opinion. Perhaps the opinion is correct but until opinion can be tested it is not worth a whole lot.
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- Angel
- 02-10-18
Think Again!
I love books that reveal us to ourselves. I imagine this book would be on the top shelf of the Buddha's or Socrates Shelf.
In an age where folks seem drowning in informations tailored to their unique bullshit lives, this book cuts the shit and gets to the heart of the matter.
We are big fat liars. It is of the upmost importance we know this, so we can better navigate all the folks lying around us, pretending, living make believes lives.
If you are a fan of the truth and myth busting, this is the book for you. If you want to wake up to the reality around you, this book will help set you free.
It's one of my favorite books of the year, along with, How Emotions Are Made and 21 Lessons for the 21 Century. It's the Golden age of knowledge and also of ignorance. You can decide to live an inauthentic and robotic life, or you can get in the drivers seat and see through your own self serving deceptions and others.
Otherwise do whatever's clever when one isn't so clever. Live a fictional life, or write your own Destiny.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-12-20
Too long and too little news
really difficult to finish. way to long and really doesn't say to much new things
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- Anonymous User
- 18-11-20
Engaging read!
Interesting and well researched with entertaining humorous comments sprinkled in. Theories are supported by scientific literature but the authors still present a healthy dose of scepticism. It's refreshing to hear about their own introspection aswell. The reading may be a little monotonous at times but it's easy to follow and suits the occasional dry humour.
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- Chris J
- 16-12-19
excellent book
this is a very good and revealing book. reminds you that humans social interaction are layed and complex. but not always what they seem
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- EL customer
- 13-11-19
Easy to read/listen to, but lacks depth and originality
The book is dealing with a challenging and intriguing topic - to what extent are we true masters of ourselves (if at all) and how much do we even know about our biases and influences. As the authors’ central ideas/thesis goes, they present a solid enough case for the existence of serious blind spots in our understanding of nearly any issue, but they do not do justice to the severity of the problem and do not explore its complexity.
There is a range of topics covered with well sourced information and in some cases crucially important data that is often ignored in our everyday discourse. However, many of the chapters fail to follow any continuity (which is stated as intended at some point, but still does not answer why that is desirable) and do not contribute to our understanding/overcoming the central issue that was presented in the first part of the book.
Overall, this book can give you plenty to think about and consider, but the arguments are definitely not very sophisticated and often feel incomplete.
This is a decent attempt to modernise an age old problem of philosophical and scientific thought and summarise quite a lot of data, but definitely lacks in originality and creativity.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-09-19
great view into how our brains work!
I highly enjoyed a look into how self-deception plays a vital role to us all
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-05-19
Red pill or blue pill?
I love to learn about human psychology because what seems to be simple on the surface is so complex beneath. For me, this book coalesced much other material about economics, evolution and psychology into a clearer explanatory narrative of human behaviour.
Unsurprisingly there are few answers to the question "What should be do with this knowledge?". But for me, simply knowing it gives me an opportunity to be humble and admit that I don't know why I did something, rather than defend it mindlessly.
An excellent book, thoroughly recommended for those, like me, who choose the red pill.
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- George Boylan
- 28-07-19
Pointless comment
I am writing this review not because I am reviewing the book, but because I want people to read it and see me as an intelligent being, who spends his time listening to books.
A great book. I am not sure how to take what I have learned from listening to this. I feel I wotn be able to look at other humans the same way. After listening to this book and learning about our own motives, we are all selfish beings and in the long run any action we take is done for our own good.
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- mihai
- 06-11-18
revelatory
after reading/leastening to that it become near impossible do further deny the presence of the elephant...
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- Nathan
- 28-10-18
Definitely worth your time!
This was everything I expected based off other reviews, easy to digest and useful info for every day life. My only gripe was the narrator, such a well written book deserves a fitting voice.
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