Top Highlights

• Other animals are not inferior to humans. They are uniquely and effectively adapted to their environments.
• creativity, communication, copying, cooperation, and compression.
• Social reality is a superpower that emerges from an ensemble of human brains. It gives us the possibility to chart our own destiny and even influence the evolution of our species. We can make up abstract concepts, share them, weave them into a reality, and conquer just about any environment​—​natural, political, or social​—​as long as we work toget...
• place at the right time doing the right things for you to grab the can and make dinner.
• Every action you take (or don’t take) is an economic choice​—​your brain is guessing when to spend resources and when to save them.