Robert Ardrey · 1970
A work of speculative anthropology examining how human behavior and social structures are shaped by evolutionary biology.
Russ Roberts values it for opening up a distinctive worldview and providing an extraordinary intellectual experience.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“I remember reading a book called The Social Contract by Robert Ardry. I was about to go off to graduate school, and that book blew my mind.”
Why: It opened up a distinctive worldview and provided an extraordinary experience of entering that intellectual space.
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