Review: Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
User Review - Mark - GoodreadsA good read and introduction to evolutionary psychology, in particular in how it applies to modern society. However, Miller should have kept to his subject. The last three chapter, where Miller ... Read full review
Review: Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
User Review - Nicholas Karpuk - GoodreadsSo apparently in the broad scheme of things most of what we're doing works towards getting laid. Or at least provides the deep-seeded reason for it. I doubt most presidents, on their high-level ... Read full review
Review: Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
User Review - Dave Mcclure - Goodreadsfascinating take on behavioral psychology, marketing, evolution, sexuality/procreation, how and why we buy things, and how theory of sexual selection factors into our thinking. (also see previous book "The Mating Mind" for much of the theory behind this lab work...) Read full review
Review: Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
User Review - GoodreadsMy gosh!! Where should I begin with this book? Of all the books I've read, this one has struck a big chord on my world perspective. Never has a day gone by without me thinking about the content which ...
Review: Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
User Review - Nic Brisbourne - GoodreadsReally interesting book this. Great at the beginning and a strong end, but meanders in the middle and I was tempted to give it three stars. The good bits are: - the link inking of most aspects of ... Read full review
Review: Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
User Review - Allison - GoodreadsI really enjoyed this book. I am very interested in consumer behavior and human behavior in general, and this book detailed how and why we do things the way we do. I thought it was fascinating and ... Read full review
Review: Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
User Review - John - GoodreadsI am an information junky, especially relating to information like this. As you can imagine, I see the same ideas regurgitated again and again. What I liked about Spent is that I actually learned new ... Read full review
Review: Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
User Review - Deb - Goodreads*Time well-spent * _Spent_ offers a valuable opportunity to escape from consumerism craziness and get back in touch with our evolutionary roots. Geoffrey Miller does an amazing job in showing how ... Read full review
Review: Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
User Review - Katja - GoodreadsThere are a few aspects of the book which I found annoying: it is verbose, the author talks about himself far too often, he is not always fair to those who hold opinions different from his (although ... Read full review
Review: Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior
User Review - Xing - GoodreadsMiller pulls together an acutely relevant array of information from a range of fields (eg psychology, primate evolution, economics, marketing), distilling concepts to their essence in elegant prose in ... Read full review
