Serotonin

Houellebecq, Michel: Serotonin

It isn’t hard to change your first name, although I don’t mean from a bureaucratic point of view – hardly anything is possible...
Homo Deus

Harari, Yuval Noah: Homo Deus

In 1974 the first World Food Conference was convened in Rome, and delegates were treated to apocalyptic scenarios. They were told that there...
Talk Like TED

Gallo, Carmine: Talk like TED

People cannot inspire others unless and until they are inspired themselves. “In our culture we tend to equate thinking and intellectual powers with...
Faktomluva

Rosling, Hans: Faktomluva

Každá skupina lidí na světě, která dělala tento test, se domnívá, že svět je mnohem hrozivější, násilnější a beznadějnější – zkrátka dramatičtější – než ve...
Radeji zesilet v divocine

Palán, Aleš: Raději zešílet v divočině

Z ptačího pohledu je to pragmatické, ale když je člověk při zpěvu pozoruje, vidí, že do toho dávají všechno. Pozoroval jsem pěnici černohlavou, jak...
The Unfolding of Language

Deutscher, Guy: The Unfolding of Language

Some linguists believe that Homo erectus, some 1½ million years ago, already had a language that was rather similar to what I have...

Wyndham, John: Kraken se probouzí

“Neřekl někdy někdo: ‚Tak zaniká svět, ne ranou pěstí do stolu, ale jak fňukna?’” Phyllis vypadala značně překvapená. “‘Někdy někdo!’” zvolala. “To...
A History of God

Armstrong, Karen: A History Of God

Like art, religion has been an attempt to find meaning and value in life, despite the suffering that flesh is heir to. Like any...
The Forest People

Turnbull, Colin: The Forest People

It seemed that the girl was very ill with dysentery but was not yet dead. The Pygmies express various degrees of illness...
Origin Story

Christian, David: Origin Story

What makes humans different from all other brainy species is language, a communication tool that is extraordinarily powerful because it allows us to share...
Man's Search For Meaning

Frankl, Viktor E: Man’s Search For Meaning

For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s dedication to...
Humans: from the beginning

Seddon, Christopher: Humans

At the present time, we are living in a warm interglacial period: MIS 1. This was preceded by the glacial MIS 2, which lasted...
The House of Unexpected Sisters

McCall Smith, Alexander: The House of Unexpected Sisters

One day, of course, these differences between men and women would disappear – there were signs of that beginning to happen already – but...
Masters of the Planet

Tattersall, Ian: Masters of the Planet

Because of the peculiar construction resulting from their complex history, our brains are far from directly comparable to a feat of human engineering. Indeed,...
Opustena spolenost

Tabery, Erik: Opuštěná společnost

Zároveň je ale třeba si povšimnout, že naprostá většina z našich rodáků vyrostla do historické výše díky tomu, že byli propojení s kulturním světem....
Americká elegie

Vance, J. D.: Americká elegie

Během jízdy venkovskou krajinou s tetou Wee se brzy ráno zastavili na odpočívadle u silnice. Teta Wee si chtěla upravit účes a vyčistit zuby....

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