The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

The WEIRDest People in the World

How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

By
Joseph Henrich
Joseph Henrich
2020 • 704 pages

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312 books

Considered

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Annie
The Science Delusion
Before the Big Bang
When Dimple Met Rishi
Anna and the French Kiss
Counter Culture: Following Christ in an Anti-Christian Age
Design in nature
Be Angry But Don't Blow It

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333 books

History Politics Law

Apeiron
Alina
@War
The War State: The Cold War Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex
Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump
All the Light We Cannot See
The Celts
Sex and Punishment

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55 books

Behavior

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You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
Payoff
The Dictator's Handbook
Managing (in) Networks: Learning, Working and Leading Together
Why We Swim
The Power of the Other
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

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28 books

Psychology

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The Power of Moments
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
How successful people think
Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention
13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do
Secret Life of Pronouns What Our Words Say about Us
Theories of Human Development

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Culture

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Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women
Orbiting the Giant Hairball
Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation
The Power of Kindness
Doing Good Better
Dear White America
Dare to Lead

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13 books

Data

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The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics
Factfulness
The Story Factor
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
Radical War: Data, Attention and Control in the Twenty-First Century

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216 books

Non Fiction

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From Russia with Blood: The Kremlin's Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin's Secret War on the West
Plagued by Fire
Life Undercover
Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep
Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart

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11 books

Science

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Unthinkable
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
Never Enough
Fathoms: The World in the Whale
Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds

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18 books

Netgalley

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How Beautiful We Were
Utopia Avenue
Aphasia
The Brother Years: A Novel
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories
Chosen Ones

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The Periodic Table
Å lese verden: Fra imperieblikk og postkolonialisme til verdenslitteratur og økokritikk
The Vanishing Game
What Are We Doing Here?
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey

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Faction

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A Pilgrimage to Eternity
We Should All Be Feminists
Hersketeknikker: Nyttige og nådeløse
Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World
God, Human, Animal, Machine

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21 books

Rasisme Og Imperialisme

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Empireland
Postmodernism and the Other
Between the World and Me
What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
On the postcolony

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2023

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I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
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Mere Christianity
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
Suicide: A Study in Sociology

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45 books

Economics

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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives
Little Rice: Smartphones, Xiaomi, and The Chinese Dream
Skin in the Game
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

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63 books

Culture

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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos / Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
Caste
Fermat's last theorem
Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

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42 books

History

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Caste
Fermat's last theorem
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
The Future of Humanity

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442 books

Non Fiction

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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life
How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

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233 books

Non Fiction

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Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive
Hunger
The Rules Do Not Apply
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It

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46 books

Psychology

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
The Tell-Tale Brain
Phantoms in the Brain
Cynical Theories
Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class

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Ebooks

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… And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know
Forensics: The Science Behind the Deaths of Famous People
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Psychology And Sociology

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The Alcohol Experiment
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
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The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

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Wishlist

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Creativity Rules

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Abandoned

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Prisoners of Geography
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Engineering a safer world
Queer Theory, Gender Theory: An Instant Primer
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The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide
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