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  • Civilized to Death

  • The Price of Progress
  • Auteur(s): Christopher Ryan
  • Narrateur(s): Christopher Ryan
  • Durée: 9 h et 20 min
  • 4,7 out of 5 stars (218 évaluations)

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Civilized to Death

Auteur(s): Christopher Ryan
Narrateur(s): Christopher Ryan
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The New York Times best-selling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which “progress” has perverted the way we live — how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die — in this “engaging, extensively documented, well-organized, and thought-provoking” (Booklist) book.

Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is ending - balmy December days, face-to-face conversation replaced with heads-to-screens zomboidism, a world at constant war, a political system in disarray. We hear some myths and lies so frequently that they feel like truths: Civilization is humankind’s greatest accomplishment. Progress is undeniable. Count your blessings. You’re lucky to be alive here and now. Well, maybe we are, and maybe we aren’t. Civilized to Death counters the idea that progress is inherently good, arguing that the "progress" defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease.

Prehistoric life, of course, was not without serious dangers and disadvantages. Many babies died in infancy. A broken bone, infected wound, snakebite, or difficult pregnancy could be life-threatening. But ultimately, Christopher Ryan questions, were these pre-civilized dangers more murderous than modern scourges such as car accidents, cancers, cardiovascular disease, and a technologically prolonged dying process? 

Civilized to Death “will make you see our so-called progress in a whole new light” (Book Riot) and adds to the timely conversation that “the way we have been living is no longer sustainable, at least as long as we want to the earth to outlive us” (Psychology Today). Ryan makes the claim that we should start looking backwards to find our way into a better future.

©2019 Christopher Ryan (P)2019 Simon & Schuster

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Pulls back the veil on what our species is

It's easy to believe the propaganda that tells us each shiny new thing we see is a sign that now is the best time to be alive. This book questions the assumptions behind our beliefs about civilization. This book paints a clear picture of where we are, where we've been and why more of what we're currently doing won't make things better.

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Thanks again Chris! This book deserves to be widely read.

Listeners familiar with Ryan’s « Tangentially Speaking » podcast will recognize many of the arguments made here. Ryan has succeeded brilliantly in pulling together a vast mass of material, scientific, journalistic and popular, to deliver an informative and compelling manifesto about where our species came from, where we stand now (on the brink of species and planetary disaster—there is no longer any doubt about this) and where we may be going, While much of this vision is dark, and makes for sobering listening, Ryan holds out cause for hope, and suggests directions we might choose to take. Please listen carefully to this book, and recommend it to others.

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Reframed civilization

Loved that it was read by the author, adds character to the book, I recommend.

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powerful antidote!

Excellent. Expansive. Dose of reality. Highly recommend. Do a puzzle or cook while listening.

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  • Luc
  • 2021-05-02

Wake up call

An eye opening perspective into our civilization based on our history.

what makes us happy, is our current society making it work for everyone?

This provides answers to this question and possible solutions.

A very interesting read!

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  • 2020-12-21

Important

This is an important book. I'm distressed that it isn't as well known as it should be.

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Entertaining listen

I was exposed to new ideas that I have quoted many times over already. In addition to the facts presented, the metaphors to emphasize their meaning really hit home.

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highly recommended

I was easily able to finish this book. I enjoyed hearing his point of view. as I liked sex at Dawn aswell. he brought some of his research over to this book and added so much more. I've often thought there are many great things civilization had brought to this world but still something is not right about it. it's nice to hear someone else feels the same way. I hope we humans may find true happiness. it's going to take more open mindedness for sure.
overall I'd recommend this to anyone that feels like I did, something off about this wonderful world we have made for ourselves.

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Understanding your 'civilised bias"

If you wish to understand your underlining bias to protect 'civilisation' and all its incongruities, Ryan has laid out a perfect argument against this way of human organisation that has left us much worse than our primitive ancestors.

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Amazing ideas about humanity, an good read

I absolutely love the concept and some of the main points about what we can learn about human happiness from pre civilization peoples. What left me wanting more was that the booked seemed more like an essay trying to make a case with several points (well supported but shallow) instead of really developing out the concepts and building out what we can actually learn. It worked in the sense that passionately exploring the thoughts and concepts now, but hopefully one day there will be a second book from this author more on 'and what this all means for you and for the world' where it explores implementing lessons learned into our lives. Basically a whole book on the last chapter. Anyways,well worth reading either way and extremely thought provoking!
(edit: I started listening to his podcast and for a different book the author gives a very compelling reason why he isn't prescriptive and deliberately hasn't done the stuff I was hoping for... I appreciate that! )

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