Civilized to Death
A work of popular anthropology that challenges the narrative of human progress, arguing that the shift to agriculture and civilization has left people less happy and fulfilled than their hunter-gatherer ancestors. It examines contemporary life through the lens of our evolutionary past.
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Ranked #164 of 1942 · 304 pages · Published 2019
Mentioned 6× on The Joe Rogan Experience across 6 episodes, most recently on Oct 23, 2019.
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Book data: ISBN 9781451659108. Page count from Open Library (median of editions). Cover via Open Library Covers.