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Blueprint - Book Review

Blueprint  is such a fascinating book! I usually think of human behavior in terms of psychology , but this brings the important sociological aspect of our actions to light. It’s nice that amid all the turmoil in the world we have books like this to remind us that, for the most part, humans want to be good.

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"The arc of our evolutionary history is long. But it bends towards goodness."

-Nicholas A. Christakis

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Blueprint - Book Summary

Blueprint helps you have hope for the goodness of the human race by revealing our biologically wired social tendencies that help us survive and thrive by working together.

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Book Overvi

ur media outlets are constantly barraging us with explanations of how different we all are. 

What are the odds, however, that what we think of as a large gap between us, is actually just a bunch of tiny differences? What if instead of being impossibly divergent we’re actually far more simil...

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This is what professor Nicholas A. Christakis , leader of an innovative social science laboratory, explores in his book Blueprint: The Evolutionar...

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  1. Love and monogamy are parts of our social blueprint that are vital to the continuation of our species in more ways than one.
  2. Although they come in many forms, friendships are universal and help us through difficult times.
  3. Evolution and mank...

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It’s not uncommon for this to happen in other species’ evolutionary history, either. Some speculate that birds , for example, developed feathers to stay warm and only afterward learned to fly. 

Monoga...

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Lesson 2: Friendships Come In Different Shapes And Sizes

At the end of 2015, a 15-year-old by the name of Zavien Dobson was murdered while sitting on his porch. But his heroic actions to jump in the way of gunfire from a nearby car saved the lives of his friends. When the author learned of this, he wondered why we love our friends so deeply. 

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Some parts of the world are slightly different in their view of this part of the human blueprint, however. People in the US think of these relationships in terms of socializing and exchanging personal information. Physical contact like holding hands, on the other hand, is a token of friends...

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Again going back to evolution , it makes perfect sense that we would develop these types of relationships. 

Our ancient ancestors had to work to survive amid threats like illnes...

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Lesson 3: Our Ability To Evolve And Create Cultures

Our species has made homes in all sorts of areas of the world. Whether it’s the freezing arctic or the arid outback, people are just about everywhere. How did we get so good at surviving? Our capacity to develop culture, which we can thank our evolution for. 

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Looking at culture from the lens of human development, it’s simply the information that people pass to each other that influences behavior. Through natural selection, we have genes that allow us to develop societies. 

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One example of this is the length of our lives, which gives us enough opportunities to pass information to the next generation. The need we have to conform and mimic one another is another development that helps us perpetuate important survival mechanisms.

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Even ideas themselves go through a sort of natural selection. We only pass down the best solutions that keep us the healthiest and happiest. Like genetic mutations and survival of the fittest, the weaker habits get left behind in favor of more useful ones.

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Who would I recommend the Blueprint to?

The 22-year-old who is taking a sociology class in college, the 45-year-old that loves to discover interesting new facts about psychology, and anyone that wants some hope for mankind amid all the

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Although this is fascinating, it doesn’t identify the reason why civilization is so vital. Think about Europeans who ventured out into the world throughout history. The dangers of not knowing the environment could easily get them killed. If they instead looked to the local cultures for info...

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There is evidence that friendship is common across almost all societies. And most of these cultures even see it in the same light of trust, mutual aid, and affection. We also often see individuals being vulnerable in front of their peers. I’ve got a friend that teases me, for example, but I...

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Lesson 1: Love And Monogamy Are Part Of Our Social Blueprint

It’s pretty obvious that everyone in the world considers kissing a regular occurrence between romantic partners, right? This is what the author thought, but what he discovered after looking into it surprised him. 

In Mozambique, Africa, the Tsonga people don’t kiss. The...

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Scientifically, we can define love as the deep emotional connection between partners that surpass sexual desires. In evolutionary terms, the idea that couples would love each other appears to be an accident. 

The thinking behind this is that what began as affection only...

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