Summary of Brenna Hassett's Growing Up Human

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We are the result of millions of tiny decisions made by our parents’ parents’ parents. Our choices today determine what kind of humans we will be tomorrow. Let’s take a closer look at each of these statements. It is a meaningless statement if true, but it is far from true. The truth is that humans are very weird indeed and it is not just the stuff we do, but the kind of stuff we do. The world that humans have built has largely been built to keep us alive and to keep us young. The foods that humans eat, the medicines that humans use, the clothes that humans wear, all of these have been selected over millennia precisely because they keep us alive and young. Humans have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals. Take sleep deprivation as an example. Sleep deprivation is death, so it makes sense that other animals sleep all the time. They have evolved to need the kinds of functions that require sleep: eating, sex and the complex interconnections of the brain all require sleep. They are weirdly adapted for sleep and they need it.
#2 Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.
#3 Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.
#4 Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.

Sujets

• Archaeology
• Histoire
• Social Science

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 08 octobre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350033304
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Brenna Hassett's Growing Up Human
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We are the result of millions of tiny decisions made by our parents’ parents’ parents. Our choices today determine what kind of humans we will be tomorrow. Let’s take a closer look at each of these statements. It is a meaningless statement if true, but it is far from true. The truth is that humans are very weird indeed and it is not just the stuff we do, but the kind of stuff we do. The world that humans have built has largely been built to keep us alive and to keep us young. The foods that humans eat, the medicines that humans use, the clothes that humans wear, all of these have been selected over millennia precisely because they keep us alive and young. Humans have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals. Take sleep deprivation as an example. Sleep deprivation is death, so it makes sense that other animals sleep all the time. They have evolved to need the kinds of functions that require sleep: eating, sex and the complex interconnections of the brain all require sleep. They are weirdly adapted for sleep and they need it.

#2

Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.

#3

Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.

#4

Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.

#5

Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.

#6

Humans are weird. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.

#2

This is a song about how humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.

#3

The size of the adult animal you’re trying to grow is a major factor in determining whether an animal has a fast or slow life history. Animals have different strategies for how they use that time.

#4

The rat strategy is to have frequent, short pregnancies resulting in multiple pups that are ready to breed in less than two months.

#5

Humans are weird. We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.

#6

We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.

#7

The ‘born big’ strategy is a clear winner when it comes to growing animals. However, it takes much longer to grow a bigger animal than a smaller one, and so while the rat strategy may seem like a clear winner in terms of getting bigger, it isn’t.

#8

-> There are two strategies for how to grow an animal: the rat strategy, which is to have frequent, short pregnancies resulting in multiple pups that are ready to breed in less than two months, and the ‘born big’ strategy, which takes much longer to grow a bigger animal than a smaller one.

#9

We are the only species that has chosen to live forever and to be forever young. We have been selected to do strange things just because they seem strange to other animals.

#10

There are two strategies for how to grow an animal: the rat strategy, which is to have frequent, short pregnancies resulting in multiple pups that are ready to breed in less than two months, and the born big strategy, which takes much longer to grow a bigger animal than a smaller one.