《我们成功的秘密》封面

我们成功的秘密

The secret of our success

Joseph Patrick Henrich · 初版 2016 年

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为什么值得读

  • 提出文化宛如人类共享大脑的深刻洞见
  • 通过木薯去毒等实例阐明代际知识传递
  • 探讨文化与人类生物演化的协同关系

“人类是一个令人费解的物种。一方面,我们很难独自在野外生存,甚至常常无法克服获取食物、建造庇护所或躲避捕食者等基本挑战。另一方面,人类群体创造了精湛的技术、复杂的语言和完备的制度,使我们能够成功拓展到极为多样化的广阔环境中。是什么让我们超越其他所有物种得以称霸全球,而作为个体时却几乎无能为力?本书表明,我们成功的秘诀并不在于

Hacker News 上怎么说

  • 有一本很棒的书叫《我们成功的秘密》,讲了很多东西,包括人类是如何适应各种环境的,其中木薯就是一个极具启发性的例子。如果你只是把木薯浸泡到不再发苦,你仍然会慢慢……

    There's a great book, The Secret of Our Success, about many things including how humans have adapted to many environments and Manioc is a fascinating example in that. If you just soak Manioc until it no longer tastes bitter you'll still be slowly…

  • 很高兴看到《我们成功的秘密》的宣传开始受到关注了。这是一本神作,Joe Henrich 的东西超级有趣,他的论点是:单靠人类自己其实很蠢,而文化就像一个巨大的共享大脑,能够……

    Nice to see the PR campaign for Secret of Our Success getting some traction. It's a fantastic book and Joe Henrich's stuff is super interesting, his thesis is that humans are pretty dumb on our own and culture is like an enormous shared brain that allows…

  • ……通过反复试错弄清楚什么东西能吃、什么时候吃、怎么吃,然后把这些信息可靠地传递给下一代,正是这一点让人类散布到了全球各地。我强烈推荐《我们成功的秘密》这本书,它涵盖了这个主题以及其他几个话题。

    …trial and error what can be eaten when and how, and then transmitting that information reliably to the next generation is what let humans spread all over this planet. I highly recommend the book The Secret of Our Success covering this and several other topics.

  • 《我们成功的秘密》,关于人类与人类文化的协同进化。《政治秩序的起源:从前人类时代到法国大革命》,关于什么是国家、国家从何而来以及它们如何运作。《活力……

    The Secret of Our Success on the co-evolution of humans and human culture. The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution on what are states, where do they come from, and how do they work? The Vital…

  • ……从智人开始分化之初,阶级和等级制度就在塑造人类文化的运行机制方面起到了根本性作用。关于这个主题,我推荐一本震撼人心的书:约瑟夫·亨里奇的《我们成功的秘密:文化如何驱动人类进化、驯化我们的物种并让我们更聪明》。

    …and hierarchy played a fundamental role in shaping the mechanics of human culture, starting at the beginning of the distinguishing of Homo sapiens. A mind-blowing book on the subject I recommend: “The Secret of our Success: How culture is driving human evolution, domesticating our species, and making us smarter” by Joseph Henrich.

  • 我很惊讶居然还没人提到约瑟夫·亨里奇的《我们成功的秘密》。它对这一研究方向进行了更详细的讨论,我读得津津有味。

    I'm surprised that no one has mentioned "The Secret of Our Success" by Joseph Henrich yet. It discusses this line of research in more detail, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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