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• Ashton Kutcher

  "The brainy book I seem to be sharing or talking about the most lately." - Ashton Kutcher

• Whitney Cummings

  "A great book about [how] we’ve evolved and why we have anxiety." - Whitney Cummings

• Richard Branson

  "I just love the style of his writing." - Richard Branson

• Ray Dalio

  Ray Dalio mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

• Vinod Khosla

  "A previous favorite." - Vinod Khosla

• James Cameron

  "It explains human behavior and why we are the way we are in human civilization from soup to nuts. And I’ve read it now a couple of times. It’s a pretty astonishing book." - James Cameron

• Demis Hassabis

  "There's not many times where I read a book and come out with 20 new ideas I hadn't thought about before, and [this book] made me think like that." - Demis Hassabis

• Keith Rabois

  Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.

• Daniel Ek

  "Both sobering and conservatively optimistic in equal measure." - Daniel Ek

• Reid Hoffman

  "A grand theory of humanity." - Reid Hoffman

• Sam Kass

  Sam Kass recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

• Sebastian Junger

  "I’m going to give [this book] over and over again to everyone I know." - Sebastian Junger

• Kishore Biyani

  "Fascinating because of its multi-disciplinary approach towards understanding human society, our behaviour and our future." - Kishore Biyani

• Ryan Shea

  One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"

• Melinda Gates

  Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com.

• Bill Gurley

  "I really enjoyed [this book]." - Bill Gurley

• Karlie Kloss

  "An amazing book on the beginning of humanity." - Karlie Kloss

• Anthony Pompliano

  "[One of the] best books I read in 2017." - Anthony Pompliano

• Changpeng Zhao

  "Gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do." - Changpeng Zhao

• PewDiePie

  "Tells the major revolutions of human history." - PewDiePie

• Patrick O'Shaughnessy

  "Provides a concise history of humankind and outlines why we have the psychology we do today." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy

• Chris Evans

  "Truly mind-blowing. It’s changed the way I look at almost everything. I can’t endorse it enough." - Chris Evans

• Simon Mayo

  "Love this book still." - Simon Mayo

• Mark Manson

  Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.

• James Clear

  "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear

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• Mark Manson

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• A.J. Jacobs

  "Traces the history of violence and how we are in the safest time ever." - A.J. Jacobs

• Ben Silbermann

  "Takes a long view and shows the long-term decline in violence that has occurred." - Ben Silbermann

• Chris Anderson

  "[I recommend] anything [by this author]. He’s one of the clearest thinkers and communicators of our time." - Chris Anderson

• John Arnold

  One of John Arnold's answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"

• Anthony Pompliano

  "So good. I've found it to really rock people's preconceived notions on a number of topics." - Anthony Pompliano

• Mark Manson

  Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.