hardmaru

This was a good read indeed. Specially the first chapters. This quote you mention was particularly good. Though, towards the end it gets a bit too speculative. Still I also read the follow-up book.

Indeed, one of my fav book of recent years! My biggest takeaway was that we have been steeped in culture for so long that it is impossible now to assert or tease apart what human behavior is "nature" and what is "nurture".

one of my favorite: "How did Homo sapiens manage to cross this critical threshold, eventually founding cities comprising tens of thousands of inhabitants and empires ruling hundreds of millions? The secret was probably the appearance of fiction. "

Psalm 1

It's a good book. I would let time decide on the masterpiece part.

Explain superficiality!