Evolutionary psychology—the compelling science
of human nature—has clarified the prehistoric origins
of human behavior and influenced many fields ranging
from economics to personal relationships. In Spent
Geoffrey Miller applies this revolutionary science’s
principles to a new domain: the sensual wonderland
of marketing and status seeking that we call American
consumer culture. Starting with the basic notion that
the goods and services we buy unconsciously advertise
our biological potential as mates and friends, Miller
examines the hidden factors that dictate our choices in
everything from lipstick to cars, from the magazines
we read to the music we listen to. With humor and
insight, Miller analyzes an array of product choices
and deciphers what our decisions say about ourselves,
giving us access to a new way of understanding—and
improving—our behaviors. Like Freakonomics or The
Tipping Point, Spent is a bold and revelatory book that
illuminates the unseen logic behind the chaos of consumerism
and suggests new ways we can become happier
consumers and more responsible citizens.
A leading evolutionary
psychologist probes the hidden
instincts behind our working,
shopping, and spending
Geoffrey Miller is an evolutionary psychologist
and author of The Mating Mind. He was educated at
Columbia and Stanford and is associate professor of
psychology at the University of New Mexico. He lives
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with his wife, daughter,
and many products.
如果人类学业是一种宗教的话,我想,Geoffrey Miller的书就是对某种宗教的幽默、渎神。 当然,大多数宗教都是需要异教徒的。 所以,这种幽默与渎神也许是一种生命力吧。 对交配权的争夺其实是整个文明开端以及发展的直观原因,这是不能忽略的。在这个前提下,Geoffrey Miller...
评分消费是为了展示给别人看,这种心态是怎么来的? 第一个原因是人由进化而来的本能。根据进化论,所有的生物,它们的生命都是为了完成一个目的,就是把自己的基因给传递下去。那么人呢,虽然是一种有智慧的生物,但是在本能层面,跟别的生物没有太大的区别。人都有强烈的生理欲...
评分看完了《超市里的原始人》,非常喜欢的一本书!文笔犀利幽默,逻辑清晰严谨,看书过程中不会有刷手机的念头。 ????本书解释了某人对Air Jordan、路易威登和摩托车的执念????:“许多产品都首先是一种信号,其次才是物质。我们巨大的社会性灵长类大脑在进化之后,学会了追求一个...
评分引言 总体上人们都会有目的地互相夸耀和伪装自己的个人特质和优点,至少在潜意识中是这样 消费主义并不是物质的,而是符号的,它主要关注的是符号象征形象和品牌的心里世界。 你还需要一点存在主义勇气,去接受多年来强迫自己努力工作和追求地位的消费行为也许都是收到了误导的...
评分味同嚼蜡的看完了,不仅行文晦涩,关键在于似乎作者是故意为之!他希望通过他的大量准备跨越诸多学术领域的知识再配上一个商业味十足的商业类领域的书名,可以让他的著作独树一帜!不过文中他的观点还是漏洞颇多,论证的过程根本不够严谨细致,靠四处引用名家观点、出处并不能...
用进化论的方法看人类的消费行为和市场营销手段!很幽默啊
评分用进化论的方法看人类的消费行为和市场营销手段!很幽默啊
评分坚定不移anti evolutionary psychology.
评分开了个头,有点意思。天呐,读太久都忘记了
评分浅显的道理反过来复过去说倒也能说出点老太婆的肚皮来啊——净道道儿~
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