I finally finished The Selfish Gene, 30th anniversary edition. The last 80 pages went by in a snap yesterday. It casts some light on how the very general principle of replicator-level evolution can explain things such as differences in male/female behaviour, families, altruism, the odd social structures of ant hives and other natural phenomenon too [...]
I started reading Dave Allens “Getting Things Done” a while back. Ironically, I didn’t finish it. Many people have joined this particular cult, and I am about to don the robes and drums and heading for the nearest airport. Though I still haven’t finished the book, my initial impression of of the idea made a [...]
Fight Club is one of the best movies I’ve seen. Through Fight Club I found Chuck Palahniuk, the author of the original story. A common theme in all his books is a nihilistic, though humoristic atmosphere. The main characters are usually self-destructive and living well outside of the parameters of what most of us would [...]