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Show Notes
What if you are not the main character in your own life? In his revolutionary classic, The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins proposes a startling idea: we are merely survival machines. Our bodies and behaviors are sophisticated vehicles built by and for our genes. From acts of selfless altruism to brutal competition, Dawkins reveals the hidden puppet master pulling the strings of life—the immortal, ruthlessly self-interested gene. This book will forever change how you see evolution, society, and your own fundamental purpose in the world.
Topics
selfish genegene-centered viewevolutionnatural selectiongeneticsreplicatorsurvival machinealtruismkin selectionmemememeticssociobiologygame theoryEvolutionary Stable Strategybehavioral ecology