A well supported opinion on how global society came about
5 stars
This is one angle on how the world is the way it is, but it's mind blowing and convincing. It's honestly changed how I see the world.
Most of the way through this. This book has a very clear angle, about how cultural inheritance/evolution is the primary thing that shaped how the world works. Even in terms of individual psychology and brain structure.
He goes into clear detail about how different 'WIERD' or western people are to other humans, and how lots of the research on a "normal person's" psychology is really a well educated westerner's psychology. He then breaks down how the history of western europe led to the 'WIERD' people that now dominate the world.
Lots of citations and research and graphs to back up his assertions, with a reassuring amount of admitted gaps in his findings. That makes me trust more than other pop …
This is one angle on how the world is the way it is, but it's mind blowing and convincing. It's honestly changed how I see the world.
Most of the way through this. This book has a very clear angle, about how cultural inheritance/evolution is the primary thing that shaped how the world works. Even in terms of individual psychology and brain structure.
He goes into clear detail about how different 'WIERD' or western people are to other humans, and how lots of the research on a "normal person's" psychology is really a well educated westerner's psychology. He then breaks down how the history of western europe led to the 'WIERD' people that now dominate the world.
Lots of citations and research and graphs to back up his assertions, with a reassuring amount of admitted gaps in his findings. That makes me trust more than other pop psychology books.