Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
by Kevin Simler
Recommended by 5 notable people, including Naval Ravikant and Auren Hoffman
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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 selfdeception. But while we may be selfinterested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better an...
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, Most Recommended Books, and Philosophy.
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