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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal
Science / Evolutionary Biology
Diamond asks what that two-percent difference in DNA between humans and chimps actually explains: language, art, agriculture, drug use, genocide, and environmental destruction all emerge from a single evolutionary lineage. Munger prized it as a corrective to anthropocentrism—understanding humans as animals subject to evolutionary pressures clarifies both individual behavior and institutional failure.
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Charlie Munger
“What is it about that two percent difference in DNA that has created such a divergence between evolutionary cousins?”
Munger recommended it as a grounding in evolutionary biology—the foundation of his view that human irrationality is predictable because it is adaptive.