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<p><b>The <i>New York Times </i>bestselling coauthor of <i>Sex
at Dawn</i> explores the ways in which “progress” has
perverted the way we live—how we eat, learn, feel, mate,
parent, communicate, work, and die—in this “engaging,
extensively documented, well-organized, and
thought-provoking” (<i>Booklist</i>) book.</b><br>
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Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is
ending—balmy December days, face-to-face conversation
replaced with heads-to-screens zomboidism, a world at
constant war, a political system in disarray. We hear some
myths and lies so frequently that they feel like truths: <i>Civilization
is humankind’s greatest accomplishment. Progress is
undeniable. Count your blessings. You’re lucky to be
alive here and now. </i>Well, maybe we are and maybe we
aren’t. <i>Civilized to Death</i> counters the idea that
progress is inherently good, arguing that the “progress”
defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease.<br>
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Prehistoric life, of course, was not without serious
dangers and disadvantages. Many babies died in infancy. A
broken bone, infected wound, snakebite, or difficult
pregnancy could be life-threatening. But ultimately,
Christopher Ryan questions, were these pre-civilized
dangers more murderous than modern scourges, such as car
accidents, cancers, cardiovascular disease, and a
technologically prolonged dying process? <i>Civilized to
Death</i> “will make you see our so-called progress in a
whole new light” (<i>Book Riot</i>) and adds to the timely
conversation that “the way we have been living is no
longer sustainable, at least as long as we want to the
earth to outlive us” (<i>Psychology Today</i>). Ryan makes
the claim that we should start looking backwards to find
our way into a better future.</p>
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<p>Christopher Ryan, PhD, and his work have been
featured just about everywhere, including: MSNBC,
Fox News, CNN, NPR, <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The
Times of London</i>, <i>Playboy</i>,<i> The
Washington Post</i>, <i>Time</i>, <i>Newsweek</i>,
<i>The Atlantic</i>, <i>Outside</i>, <i>El Pais</i>, <i>La
Vanguardia</i>, <i>Salon</i>, <i>Seed</i>, and <i>Big
Think</i>. A featured speaker from TED to The
Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera
House to the Einstein Forum in Pottsdam, Germany,
Ryan has consulted at various hospitals in Spain,
provided expert testimony in a Canadian
constitutional hearing, and appeared in well over a
dozen documentary films. The author of <i>Civilized
to Death</i> and the coauthor of the <i>New York
Times </i>bestseller <i>Sex at Dawn</i>, Ryan puts
out a weekly podcast, called <i>Tangentially
Speaking</i>, featuring conversations with
interesting people, ranging from famous comics to
bank robbers to drug smugglers to porn stars to
authors to plasma physicists.</p>
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<li>Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
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<p>“Engaging, extensively documented, well-organized, and thought
provoking.” <b>—<i>Booklist</i></b><br>
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“Entertaining and provocative.” <b>—</b><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br>
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<i>"</i>Often zingy and colorful . . . <i>Civilized to Death</i> is
unquestionably well-timed . . . Ryan is right to highlight the
aspects of modern life that have gone off the rails.”<b> <i>—Undark</i></b><br>
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“[A] prescient book about the nature of progress . . . <i>Civilized
to Death</i> will make you see our so-called progress in a
whole new light.” <b>—<i>Book Riot</i></b><br>
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“This book takes on 'progress' as a guiding ethos—and does so
with gusto.” <b>—</b><b><i>The Stranger</i></b><br>
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“It is increasingly clear to many of us that the way we have
been living is no longer sustainable, at least as long as we
want the earth to outlive us. . . . <i>Civilized to Death</i> is
an important guide in this conversation.” <b>—<i>Psychology
Today</i></b><br>
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"A fascinating read." <b>—<i>Seattle Times</i></b></p>
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<p>"Every great once in a while, a book comes along that makes you
rethink everything you thought you knew. <i>Civilized to Death</i> is without
question one of them." <b>—Jesse Bering, PhD, author of <i>The
Belief Instinct</i></b></p>
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<p>“Christopher Ryan is one of the most interesting and provocative
thinkers of our time. Everyone should read him—you might well
disagree but you’ll definitely think differently." <b>—Johann
Hari, <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling author of <i>Lost
Connections</i></b></p>
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