6 Key Lessons from BEHAVE by Robert Sapolsky

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This week we review the book Behave by Robert Sapolsky. A great summary of where we are at and what we know today about human behavior. I share my key takeaways and lessons from "Behave: the biology of humans at our best and worst" and summarize the most valuable findings. Behave is a thick book. Deeply complex. But also rewarding for the reader that spends time with it. This is one of my favorite popular science books of all time.
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-Frontal Cortex and Willpower
-Habitation
-Delayed gratification
-Alcohol, testosterone and violence
-Hunger and judgement
-How can we implement what we learn from books like BEHAVE
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@BookLabBjorn 2 года назад

Subscribe to show that you can BEHAVE! I'll serve weekly reviews of the best books the world has to offer!

@PouryaHosseini 3 года назад

Such a FUCKING exciting book! Also the six-pack parrot was awesome:)

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

It’s great! This book would be right up your alley!

@WhosGu7aa 3 года назад

these kind of videos are super helpful for those who dont want to read ton of long books - so thanks for the content!

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

You’re welcome! Thanks for your feedback! Comments like these keep me going 👌

@nday2064 3 года назад

Review presentation is exceptional; genuine, authentic. Watching this video is a welcome refreshing day brightener! Bravo for this vídeo and a salute for simple and very effectice production.

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

Thank you! I have a lot of fun cranking these out. I love books and recording these help me develop my communications skills. Two birds one stone! Maybe three birds; because it also helps me remember what I read! 😂

@nday2064 3 года назад

@@BookLabBjorn COOL. So many books. A book in my hand or under my arm I feel safe. Books are my security blanket. I have BEHAVE on hold at library right now. Goodie I have a fine weekend read thanks to your video. Joy to you...keep reading. : )

@ericvanoppens3179 4 месяца назад

This is a great promotional video about the book.

@bhadmomma8664 3 года назад

Harvard’s RU-vid channel has a series of lectures by this professor, it’s so interesting

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

One of the reason RU-vid is great!

@theananyatalkstat5210 3 года назад

It's Stanford bro..

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

@@theananyatalkstat5210 you’re absolutely correct, sir!

@theananyatalkstat5210 3 года назад

@@BookLabBjorn Hey have you read Jonathan Haidt's books? Like The Righteous Mind and Happiness Hypothesis?

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

@@theananyatalkstat5210 no, not yet! They are on my list though 😀

@englebarne 3 года назад

Robert Sapolsky is great. I love his work, and I love his talks. And I loved your review of his book!

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

Thank you! I appreciate you stopping by my channel! 😀

@thefourshowflip 3 года назад

He’s one of those rare gems...not only a brilliant scientist but also a fantastic science communicator-dare I say, one of the greatest science communicators of our time.

@OnlineSEOMarketing 3 года назад

Great review! I want to pick this one up. It’s definitely a book that would interest me.

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

Thanks man! I think you would enjoy this one!

@vanilla_sky25 2 года назад

Love it!

@borynskykhvadym9604 Год назад

Thank you for the review!

@BookLabBjorn Год назад

You’re welcome! Thanks for checking out the channel!

@ilonabaier6042 7 месяцев назад

Thank you. I also enjoy his work. Whenever he gets into the free will subject I often have the suspicion that is trying to challenge his readers and force them to think...to use that cortex. Perhaps he is not convinced of the concept himself. At any rate, I am grateful for his work.

@BookLabBjorn 7 месяцев назад

I’m right working on a review for his new book Determined right now. That book was fantastic 😀 his work is amazing!

@escamoteur 3 месяца назад

I m looking forward to read it. Especially what an acceptance of his conclusion would mean to society is really interesting

@kgosiserame Год назад

Awesome. Great summary 👍🏽

@BookLabBjorn Год назад

Thanks!

@irismendonca 3 года назад

Great great. Wasn't sure if I was going to read this one, now I already started hehe thank you it helped

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

Perfect! I hope you enjoy it!

@theseekerofenlightenment9366 2 года назад

Good job brother, keep it up!

@BookLabBjorn 2 года назад

Thanks for the encouragement! 🤘🏻

@a.g.580 3 года назад

I've seen some lectures of behavioral biology and a couple of speeches/interviews, I enjoyed them veery much. Dr. Sapolsky seemed stuck with the philosophical consequences of the absence of free will derived from his 30+ years of professional experience. Tremendous piece of man really. I think we need to give us a little of faith in free will, otherwise we're going to be all very depressed 😃 Thanks for your opinion, I'll definitely read this.

@escamoteur 3 месяца назад

I think it's not the only way to think about it. Accepting that there is no absolute free will can be liberating and lead to a more just society

@a.g.580 3 месяца назад

@@escamoteur How so Thomas? If I think of myself as some sort of machine, an intricate biological machine, I may have some serious trouble to justify my efficacy in the world, and if I don’t have the chances to modify anything, why bother to follow the ‘rules’ (society in primis).

@escamoteur 3 месяца назад

@@a.g.580 Sapolski doesn't say we can't decide anything especially as individuals but that our own past and culture limits and shapes human behavior on average. We still can change (I recommend his talk on the best and worse of human biology here on RU-vid) but it largely depends on which experience we search. It can be extremely liberating to understand, that because of our limitations of free will we don't have to blame ourselves or others for their failures as it would be the case if we were the master of our destiny. At the same time we should take care being too proud of being better than others because we are probably just lucky to have the better set of genes or gotten born in a rich family. Both is an argument to strive for greater equality in a society.

@a.g.580 3 месяца назад

@@escamoteur I see, seems that I have somehow misunderstood his message, I’ll look up better, it’s an intricate philosophical matter!

@escamoteur 3 месяца назад

@@a.g.580 he has some pretty good recent interviews on his new book here on RU-vid we're he explains it

@yeyevasquez5462 3 года назад

Great book review. I've been thinking of buying this book.

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

Did you get it? 😀 📚

@c.z.7060 3 года назад

Good review my friend, Keep it up! you have a new subscribe.

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

Heey!!! I’m glad you enjoyed it! What kind of books do you like C. Z.?

@user-um4di5qm8p 3 года назад

Great review man! I am roughly 1/3rd of the book through... but I'd seen Dr. Sapolsky's Stanford Lectures already, so I know most of it, or atleast the crux of the book :)

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

Thank you! I haven’t seen the lectures yet. Something tells me I should! 😀

@user-um4di5qm8p 3 года назад

@@BookLabBjorn just watch the 1st lecture 😆 its like binging on a really good Netflix series!

@user-qu2oz2ut2h 3 года назад

@@BookLabBjorn I am not a thing, but I tell you: watch these lectures

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

@@user-qu2oz2ut2h thanks!!! I’ll check them out!

@PrimalJacob 3 года назад

Nice review thank you read the book to and youtube series 👍

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

Thanls you! And thanks for watching! I have his Testosterone book on my reading list for 2021 😀

@kwahujakquai6726 3 месяца назад

One of my favorite books of all time!

@BookLabBjorn 3 месяца назад

Have you checked out his recent release Determined? I loved that one too.

@kwahujakquai6726 3 месяца назад

@@BookLabBjorn I own the book but haven't began reading it yet. I'm working my way through a few Erich Fromm books before I get back to Sapolsky.

@BookMattic 3 года назад

How would you compare this one to the laws of human nature? I've seen it around, but didn't realize the topic sounds quite similar

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

This one is way more scientific and robust. This one is written by a professor in biology (?). But your right, the two books hover around similar topics: why we behave in certain ways.

@jeffjohnson8624 2 года назад

it's good book. i recommend it to my own mother and AI programmers. Robert Sapolsky covers how Humans truly learn. or he covers Neuron Circuitry of recognition. it's done with feed back loops of Neurons. Fun Fact: the human is like an organic Quantum computer. the spiritual right brain hemisphere functions like a parallel processor. And the logical list lovin' left brain hemisphere functions like a serial processor. They are connected with 300,000,000 Neurons at the Corpus Callosum. And you don't have to take my word for it. Read Jill Bolte Taylor's "My Stroke Of Insight" or watch Jill Bolte Taylor's Ted Talk "My Stroke Of Insight". ☮️🖖🎶

@heekyungkim8147 3 года назад

Sapolsky is my favorite professor on RU-vid. Thanks for the great review. I was thinking of getting this book. Now I want to get it now. Can i ask you where u r from? I can’t read ur accent...

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

I’m from Sweden 🇸🇪😀

@heekyungkim8147 3 года назад

Lovely country i have never been to Sweden but one day i will. Ur review is 👍🏾

@Kangoo9 3 года назад

did you have any background in neuroscience, hormone or genetic biology before reading this book ? I found it hard to understand the first chapters.

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

Nope! Not at all. I didn’t understand everything fully either, but I try to let go of the need to “understand it all” and enjoy the ride. You will understand and learn a lot even though some things might be beyond your current level of understanding 😀

@senpaitm8742 3 года назад

Awesome! But how come animals don't delay gratification if they save food before hibernation?

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

I guess that would be considered instinctual. Like... they, let’s say squirrels, do it because that’s what squirrels do. Human choose this behavior to a large degree to get a competitive advantage in the future. ... I don’t know, I’m no expert her3 😀😅

@senpaitm8742 3 года назад

@@BookLabBjorn that's already a good explanation hahahahah

@frightmoon8467 2 месяца назад

I recommend The Standard Theory of Psychology. Much more concise, practical and simplified than whatever this is.

@navyanair2570 3 года назад

I am half way through the book! Its great and a must read...and ya its complicated..hehe

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

It is, right? It’s tough at times but I think it’s worth it in the end.

@mrJohnDesiderio 3 года назад

got get it

@BookLabBjorn 3 года назад

let me know what you think if you do!

@jeffjohnson8624 2 года назад

Fun Fact2: Neurons have binary states. imagine 100 billion Neurons with 1s and zero states of with neurotransmitters and without neurotransmitters. each neuron with Neuron transmitter forces the neurotransmitters through the axon and across synapses due to the positive ions that surround the Neurons. Neurotransmitters are negative. knowledge from Stauford's lecture series: Neuroscience 1. An introduction to neuroscience. ☮️The brain likes balance. ☯️🎶

@jeffjohnson8624 2 года назад

@livesimple-ub9qd 2 года назад

Greeat review bro keep em coming, I think if you started dropping em every few days you could def blow up! You may want to contact bestbookbits and do an interview with him, think you guys would work well together

@BookLabBjorn 2 года назад

I’ll check that guy/gal out! The thing I like about RU-vid is that it’s slower pace than Instagram and that I can do one video each week (haven’t missed a week for over a year!) and still see some growth. With my current life situation 1 Video a week is the sweet spot, because that pace is sustainable over time. Hopefully this channel can gain some traction even if I don’t post daily 😀

@livesimple-ub9qd 2 года назад

@@BookLabBjorn Keep pushing yoursel brother, I think these vids are awesome, esp the quick format, Brian Johnson did something similar doing 10-15 minute summaries where he did top 5 points near a blackboard, but you know me I be gulping life lmao. I made 228 vids in a month a year and a half ago, roughly 6+ hours of content everyday during the start of the lockdown on my other channel (Live Simplified)