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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Robert M. Sapolsky

Sapolsky layers neuroscience, hormones, development, culture, and evolution to explain why human behavior is situational, complex, and often hard to judge simply.

What stuck

  • Human behavior makes the most sense when you zoom across many timescales at once.
  • Simple moral judgments get harder once you see how much context shapes action.