Name: Behave
Rating: 4.70 (7 reviews)
Author: Robert M. Sapolsky

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Why do we do the things we do? In this genre-shattering book, Robert Sapolsky answers this question as fully as perhaps only he could, looking at it from every angle.  Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy. 

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Bryan Johnson is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the founder and CEO of Kernel, a company developing advanced neural interfaces, and OS Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage science and technology companies.

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Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.

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Jackie Vullinghs is an Investment Manager at AirTree Ventures, an Australian technology venture capital fund. Prior to AirTree, she invested in early and growth stage FinTech startups at NAB Ventures and was Chief of Staff at Series A startup Kalo. Jackie also runs the Australian arm of On Deck.

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