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Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things (2009)

by Laurence Gonzales(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0393337065 (ISBN13: 9780393337068)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: I've enjoyed Gonzales' prior works, and based on the title expected something similar to his other books on survival in extreme and everyday circumstances. But the second half of this book veers away from the survival of the individual and expands the scope to the survival of humans and the survival of species on the planet. He examines far beyond just survival, bringing in ideas such as fractals.A great read.
review 2: This book started off with the theme "people use mental shortcuts to get things done efficiently, which sometimes tricks them into doing the wrong things. Sometimes people should pay more attention." Then it went off into entropy, evolution, environmental catastrophe, fractals, and a trip to Mexico. The author went wandering. It was an interesti... moreng voyage, but I'm not quite sure what I just read. less

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