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Robert M Sapolsky
Author ‘Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst’
Robert M. Sapolsky holds degrees from Harvard and Rockefeller Universities and is currently a Professor of Biology and Neurology at Stanford University and a Research Associate with the Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya. His books include New York Times bestseller, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst and Determined.
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You have three types of brain inside your brain. And they're all fighting for dominance.
5 min
It's all in your mind. Really. Everything bad in the world might be coming from one particular part of the human brain.
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What does Robert Sapolsky—an "utter, complete, atheist"—think about the persistence of magical thinking in our modern world?
7 min
Our implicit biases are rooted in biology, but they can be easily manipulated. That's both really good and really bad.
5 min
Ever heard a story that made you sick to your stomach? There is neurological wizardry at work that makes our sense of morality so visceral—and flawed.