The Red Queen
Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
by Matt Ridley
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“@leonjohnstone And everything by @mattwridley is worth reading Genome, Red Queen, Origin of Virtue, etc. | Amazing book on the evolutionary underpinnings on attraction and more. | Three crucial books on our origins & our natures:”
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Recommended by 9 sources and appears in Evolutionary Psychology, Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, and Most Recommended Books.
Referring to Lewis Carroll's Red Queen from Through the LookingGlass, a character who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Matt Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators. The Red Queen answers dozens of other riddles of human nature and culture including why men p...
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Recommended by 9 sources and appears in Evolutionary Psychology, Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, and Most Recommended Books.
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