The Evolution of Beauty

This book by Richard Prum has been genuinely recommended 2 times on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: Lisa Feldman Barrett. It comes up in conversations about brain health, consciousness, relationships. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Oct 2020 and the most recent from Nov 2020. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

What can explain the incredible diversity of beauty in nature? Richard O. Prum, an award-winning ornithologist, discusses Charles Darwin's second and long-neglected theory--aesthetic mate choice--and what it means for our understanding of evolution. In addition, Prum connects those same evolutionary dynamics to the origins and diversity of human sexuality, offering riveting new thinking about the evolution of human beauty and the role of mate choice, thereby transforming our ancestors from typical infanticidal primates into socially intelligent, pair-bonding caregivers.

• “there's also the evolution of beauty which is yeah which is also a great book”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “which is also a great book”
  Lisa Feldman Barrett · Lex Fridman Podcast · Nov 202002:09:49

  Said during "Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain | Lex Fridman Podcast #140". The episode features Lisa Feldman Barrett: A neuroscientist at Northeastern University and one of the most cited psychologists in the world, known for her theory of constructed emotion. She is the author of How Emotions Are Made and Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain. Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett joins Lex Fridman for a freewheeling talk on love, brain evolution, free will, and consciousness.

• “i think you're talking about the evolution of beauty the book that was written recently by was it from um without his name richard from”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “it's a great book”
  Lisa Feldman Barrett · Lex Fridman Podcast · Oct 202000:07:17

  Said during "Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works | Lex Fridman Podcast #129". The episode features Lisa Feldman Barrett: A professor of psychology at Northeastern University and one of the world's most cited neuroscientists, known for the theory of constructed emotion and books How Emotions Are Made and Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain. Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett dismantles the triune-brain myth and explains how the brain predicts, constructs emotions, and budgets the body.