Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

Rick Shenkman is the author of "Political Animals:  How Our Stone Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics" (Basic Books, 2016). You can sign up for Rick's blog! Just click here:

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  Aug 11, 2016
  

  Why Is Trump So Popular?

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  What science says.
  

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  Jul 22, 2016
  

  Yes, It's Time to Panic

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  Brace yourselves. Donald Trump is coming for you.
  

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  May 5, 2016
  

  Why the Media Underestimated Trump's Appeal

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  They made the mistake they always make. 
  

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  Apr 26, 2016
  

  How Our Stone-Age Brain Undermines Smart Politics: An Interview with Rick Shenkman

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  Click here for the interview.
  

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  Apr 17, 2016
  

  Bill Moyers Interview with Rick Shenkman

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  In Bill Moyers's first published podcast he talks with Rick Shenkman about the role anger is playing in the election.
  

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  Apr 17, 2016
  

  C-SPAN Interview: Book Discussion on Political Animals

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  Author Rick Shenkman talked about his book, Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics, about how voters' instincts are a factor in the 2016 presidential campaign.
  

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  Apr 8, 2016
  

  Why Are Trump Voters Not Bothered by His Lies?

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  The answer may cause angst in us all, says Rick Shenkman.
  

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  Apr 2, 2016
  

  Your Brain on Politics (Video)

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  What we need to know about the brain to protect ourselves from manipulative politicians. By Rick Shenkman
  

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  Feb 26, 2016
  

  Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About Donald Trump's America

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  Click here to read this article.
  

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  Feb 22, 2016
  

  For Voters, Facts Should Be the Lifeblood of Democracy

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  But if voters suddenly understood issues and facts, would we live in a democratic Camelot? Until 1988, no one knew.
  

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  Feb 13, 2016
  

  Our Brain Dislikes Disorder.  That Explains a Lot.

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  It's another reason Trump's winning followers.  In a world of disorder he promises order. -- Rick Shenkman
  

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  Jan 22, 2016
  

  Trump’s Genius

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  He understands this one important truth about politics.  The election is not about him, it's about us and our feelings. -- Rick Shenkman
  

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  Jan 10, 2016
  

  Ted Cruz’s Stone-Age Brain and Yours

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  Why we have a hard time feeling for the victims of collateral damage -- and how historians can help.
  

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  Jan 8, 2016
  

  What's the Voters' Problem? That's a Lot Harder to Determine than You Might Suspect.

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  Rick Shenkman explains why the easy answers are wrong.
  

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  Jan 7, 2016
  

  We’re suffering from Stone-Age thinking in 2016: Interview

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  "Your book turns on a thesis about our having Stone-Age brains. What's that mean?"
  

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  Dec 17, 2015
  

  Why Millions of Voters Are Pre-Wired to Support Donald Trump

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  How our stone-age psychology explains our susceptibility to lies and demagoguery in modern politics.
  

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  May 30, 2015
  

  New Study: The world's a lot more violent than reported

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  The famed social scientist Nassim "Black Swan" Taleb is out with a new paper that claims violence in the past and present has been underestimated.
  

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  May 22, 2015
  

  Why Americans Support the Iran Deal for the Wrong Reason

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  Given the way our brain is wired, we believe we can divine how other people think, including Iranians we have never met.  But can we? 
  

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  Apr 3, 2015
  

  This is why colleges need to hire historians

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  Historians can now point to neuroscience as proof they are needed. 
  

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  Apr 2, 2015
  

  Is Western society responsible for violence and environmental degradation?

  by Stone Age Brain | Rick Shenkman

  Science has an answer. The answer is no.