A Vonnegut-meander through one way humans might evolve via natural selection.
2. A General Theory of Love (Michael Lewis, PhD)
A general theory of how we form attachments to people from childhood through adulthood. How our emotional architecture built via neural connections and limbic resonance influences our identity and the identities of those around us.
From birth to death, love is not just the focus of human experience but also the life force of the mind, determining our moods, stabilizing our bodily rhythms, and changing the structure of our brains. The body's physiology ensures that relationships determine and fix our identities. Love makes us who we are, and who we can become. In these pages, we explain how and why this is so.
During the long centuries when science slumbered, humanity relied on the arts to chronicle the heart's mysterious ways. That accumulated wisdom is not to be disdained. This book, while traveling deep into the realm of science, keeps close at hand the humanism that renders such a journey meaningful. The thoughts of researchers and empiricists join those of poets, philosophers, and kings. Their respective starting points may be disparate in space, time, and temperament, but the voices in this volume rise and converge toward a common goal.
3. [Re-Read] The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
As expected, I cried. And sobbed. This time around, I noticed a lot more about cars than I had before.
4. [Currently Reading] The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying up (Marie Kondo)
Start by tidying by category. Just doing clothes and bike stuff has already made a huge difference in my life! Kondo purports three main types of people: "can't put it back", "can't throw it away", and the combination of "can't put it back"+"can't throw it away." Start with clothes. I donated a bag of clothes that didn't bring me joy (even after I thought I had minimized five months ago!). And now I find myself enjoying putting clothes away now!
[Want to Read] Borne (Jeff Vandimere)
[Want to Read] The City & The City (China Mieville)
[unifinished, save for later] Timequake (Kurt Vonnegut)
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