Siri Hustvedt and Lisa Appignanesi
London Review Bookshop Podcast
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The Selfish Gene
The selfish gene is like a kind of rugged individualist, you know, fighting its way into a total autonomy. So why do ideas get traction in popular culture? You know, why do they? I think Dawkins is a great example. Stephen Pinker, too. He's like a smooth salesman of evolutionary psychology,. which I think really is among the stupidest positions that can be taken.
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