出版社: Oxford University Press
出版年: 2018-1-2
ISBN: 9780190495992
页数: 416
装帧: Hardcover
定价: USD 34.95
内容简介 · · · · · ·
Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better - and thus we don't like to talk o...
Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better - and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the extent of our selfishness. This is "the elephant in the brain." Such an introspective taboo makes it hard for us to think clearly about our nature and the explanations for our behavior. The aim of this book, then, is to confront our hidden motives directly - to track down the darker, unexamined corners of our psyches and blast them with floodlights. Then, once everything is clearly visible, we can work to better understand ourselves: Why do we laugh? Why are artists sexy? Why do we brag about travel? Why do we prefer to speak rather than listen?
Our unconscious motives drive more than just our private behavior; they also infect our venerated social institutions such as Art, School, Charity, Medicine, Politics, and Religion. In fact, these institutions are in many ways designed to accommodate our hidden motives, to serve covert agendas alongside their "official" ones. The existence of big hidden motives can upend the usual political debates, leading one to question the legitimacy of these social institutions, and of standard policies designed to favor or discourage them. You won't see yourself - or the world - the same after confronting the elephant in the brain.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Kevin Simler is a writer and software engineer currently living in Brooklyn, NY. He's worked for ten years as a programmer, product designer, and engineering director, and continues to advise startups about technology, leadership, and recruiting.
Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Ins...
Kevin Simler is a writer and software engineer currently living in Brooklyn, NY. He's worked for ten years as a programmer, product designer, and engineering director, and continues to advise startups about technology, leadership, and recruiting.
Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He has a doctorate in social science, master's degrees in physics and philosophy, and nine years of experience as a research programmer in artificial intelligence and Bayesian statistics. With over 3100 citations and sixty academic publications, he's recognized not only for his contributions to economics (especially, pioneering the theory and use of prediction markets), but also for the wide range of fields in which he's been published. He is the author of The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth (OUP 2016).
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医疗不为健康,教育不为知识,慈善不为爱心,艺术不为欣赏美
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人类的智力一骑绝尘,如同100米高的红杉树碾压野草。如果只是为了战胜其他物种,这样的优势似乎不合情理,甚至没有必要。“社会大脑假设”指出,人之所以这么聪明,并不是为了与其他物种竞争,而是为了与人类自己竞争。 这场竞争中有三大主战场:性、社交地位和政治,三者之间... (展开)那些行为背后的小心机
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本书包括的内容很多,但大都是围绕人类所思所想背后的原因:为什么把那么多钱投资到医疗上?明明知道某些慈善机构不靠谱,却还要把钱捐给那些慈善机构?雇主为什么看重受过教育的员工?……但在其中,最令我感兴趣的是本书中所提出的“炫耀性消费”和“欺人者先自欺之”。本书... (展开)别抠抠索索了,你这样是找不到对象的
《脑中的大象》让我不爽的原因——Part1 读后感
直面我们真实的内心世界是很勇敢的做法
人类特别擅长自圆其说
我们并非自我的“铁腕君主”
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0 有用 momo 2019-08-26 08:12:26
【听】
0 有用 本杰明 2018-06-05 15:47:56
购买链接:https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=0.7095261.0.0.30d41deblL0ZmG&id=571042557733
0 有用 嗯. 2020-11-29 03:13:15
自私自利也能办成好事,结果重要,但不代表人的“动机”不重要。有不良动机就要有被诛心的准备
0 有用 宇宙佛系渣渣蓝 2018-12-27 18:55:04
不可全信:P但very inspiring!
0 有用 Momo 2018-02-21 17:23:54
听完万维刚的讲解,也没有彻底搞懂这本书是讲什么的,脑子里没有形成这本书的框架,但从零散的知识点,比如人总是会给自己的选择找借口,类似「新闻发言人」,让人十分好奇