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- Author Robert Sapolsky
- Narrator Kaleo Griffith
- Publisher Random House
- Run Time 14 hours and 5 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Endocrinology, Human biology, Impact of science and technology on society, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Popular science, Science: general issues, Society and Social Sciences, Topics in philosophy.
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What to expect
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One of the world’s greatest scientists of human behaviour, the bestselling author of Behave, shows that free will does not exist - and sets out the disturbing yet liberating implications of accepting this fact.
What if free will is an illusion? As Robert Sapolsky shows in this masterful account of the science of human behaviour, everything we think and do is caused by the luck of our biology and the influence of our environment, and ultimately both are beyond our control. In a world without free will, we must completely rethink what we mean by choice, responsibility, morality and justice. Sapolsky’s extraordinary book does exactly this, guiding us toward a profoundly fairer, more humane way of living together.
‘A joy to read. It's impossible to recommend this book too highly. Reading it could change your life’ LAURENCE REES
‘Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing and the depth of humanity it conveys’ Wall Street Journal
‘Moving, absorbing, compassionate' OLIVER BURKEMAN, Observer
©2023 Robert M Sapolsky (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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A bravura performance, well worth reading for the pleasure of Sapolsky’s deeply informed company … he makes a moving case that [our lack of freedom is] a reason to live with profound forgiveness and understanding … absorbing and compassionate
Observer -
Excellent . . . Outstanding for its breadth of research, the liveliness of the writing, and the depth of humanity it conveys
Wall Street Journal -
[A] highly entertaining account of why … we should and must overcome the infuriating conspiracy of mind that insists we are the authors of our actions. Anyone who believes otherwise needs to read it
Times Literary Supplement -
Wonderfully readable … humorous and warm and humane
Today (BBC Radio 4) -
[A] witty, erudite, imaginative and deeply humane new book… [The] case that Sapolsky makes for a transition from a criminal-justice system based on blame and retribution…to one founded on blame-free rehabilitation is moving and compelling
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