Status Updates From Status Games: Why We Play a...

4 hours 32 mins in (33 mins into Ch 5)

I appreciate the background the author provides on Sigmund Freud. Her tone sounds a little jaded when she writes about her views on academia and her own experience with the status games in her field. I don't like that she uses the term 'sex' when describing how animals mate -- sex and mating are not the same thing, and her use of the word detracts from her message that animals behave the way they do based on wiring.

Chapter 2

Numerous examples are used to back up ideas which makes this a great read. The author introduces many ideas which philosophically challenges many common beliefs and misconceptions.

Good introductory knowledge on behavior of mammals which is contrary to popular beliefs.