Behave - The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

This is not a book you can casually read before bed’at least not for me. It’s filled with a wealth of information on neuroscience, psychology, studies conducted, papers published, and more. It was very interesting, and I learned so much from it. It took me a while to read, as I had many interruptions, which meant I had to go back and reread several chapters.

The book is about why we behave the way we do’what makes us congenial, aggressive, possessive, or averse. The author explores how several factors influence our behavior. He starts by explaining what happens at the very moment we display a particular behavior, and then explains, how what happens - a few minutes, hours, days, and all the way back to how events during adolescence, or even in the womb, could have contributed to many of the reactions we show today.

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Homo Deus - A Brief History of Tomorrow

Homo Deus or Human Gods is a book that discusses what would follow us Homo sapiens as species and the consequences we should be prepared for. It’s an interesting, thought-provoking, and at times, an absurd read. Published in 2016, before the Covid-19 crisis, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the recent intensification Israel-Palestine conflict, the book confirms the fragility and uncertainty of the world we live in. Yuval Harari claimed then less than a decade back, that the future will only focus on intellectual wars rather than armed conflicts. People would prioritize technological advancement over bombing each other. I wish that were true. We did enjoy a long period of peace, with conflicts concentrated in a few regions, but as of 2024, we cannot say this - Things have only gone from bad to crazy.

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