Society · 22 min
The Strange Order of Things
By Antonio Damasio
Antonio Damasio challenges our understanding of human achievement, arguing that civilization, consciousness, and ethics are not products of pure reason, but sophisticated extensions of our body's ancient drive for survival, mediated by the primal intelligence of feelings.
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Society
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22 min
What it is about
feelings, homeostasis, consciousness
Who it is for
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of feelings, homeostasis, consciousness and better judgment in how they apply it.
The author
Antonio Damasio brings a credible and useful lens to feelings, homeostasis, consciousness, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.
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