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andreazak's review against another edition
3.0
Not a lot of new information. Presents a series of human norms that are evidenced by a series of studies that vary widely in their targeted populations
kurtliske's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
2.5
Was OK. I read an advance copy, pre-release, it felt slightly unpolished.
chinney's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
3.5
storytelling instead of experiments. Light touch for the not too inquiring.
opheliabedilia's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fast and fascinating read. The authors do a great job of taking real research and weaving it into a narrative and making it applicable to everyday life. It reminded me of Freakonomics in the way it made research results from around the world fun and accessible. They end the book with a quick review of how the lessons can be remembered and applied in the reader's own thinking patterns. Good stuff.
lynnwrh's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this non-fiction book. Explores why we behave as we do. Fascinating.
zhelana's review against another edition
3.0
This book had a lot of interesting anecdotes and stories and a lot of research that the authors did (none original - this synthesizes a lot of other people's research into a new thesis without doing any original research themselves). However, I remember very little of it now that I'm thinking back trying to sum it up and say what I thought. I remember something about an airplane that crashed because the pilot didn't wait for okay from control. We went back to that several times between all the other research avenues. But ultimately, there wasn't really a lot tying this book together. When the epilogue tried to remind me of some of the research discussed in the early parts of the book, I was scratching my head and trying to remember any of it, but I really couldn't. So... interesting premise, not very well written book which should have had more threads running through the book or something?