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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Evolutionary Biology
Ridley uses sexual selection—why creatures choose the mates they do—as a lens on the relentless co-evolutionary arms race between organisms, pathogens, and social strategies. Naval recommends it alongside the rest of Ridley's quartet as foundational to understanding human motivation beneath the rational surface.
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Naval Ravikant
Part of Naval's sustained endorsement of Ridley's evolutionary biology quartet; he sees it as essential grounding for understanding human nature beneath the rational veneer.