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An edition of Aha! (2006)

Aha!

The gist of AHA! is to show that what 21st century humans like doing most is tribal in nature and still based on getting one's DNA into the next generation. We love our car and get great satisfaction from the cell-phone, make McDonald's or Home Depot a roaring success, adore Oprah and tolerate elevator music because not enough generations have gone by to shake off ancient survival behaviour. Eleven chapters take an amusing look at some pretty basic impulses evolved for life in the savannah and how we indulge them today: we love to chew and drink while watching TV; we buy magazines stuffed with illustrated gossip about celebrities; we can't resist adding that pea-green blouse at 70% off regular price to our crammed closet. In the last chapter AHA! concludes that the print culture (though not print) is waning because focussing in solitude on black marks in a line is not the heritage of our still in-control past.-Trafford

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Language
English
Pages
212

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Aha!
July 6, 2006, Trafford Publishing
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First Sentence

"Long before we were a twinkle in evolution's eye, those precursors whose genetic imprint we share-fish-reptile-bird-mammal-instinctively stuffed themselves when good luck or skill presented them with more than they needed to still the hunger of the moment."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
212
Dimensions
8.8 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
Weight
10.4 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL12016965M
ISBN 10
1552126692
ISBN 13
9781552126691
OCLC/WorldCat
46625100
Goodreads
705633

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL8165506W

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