Table of Contents
Preface xiii
Introduction: In The Age of Man: Progress And Its Pursuit 1
Part I Prologue: Who Do You Think You Are? 17
Chapter 1 Off Balance: Surprised by Affluence 19
Chapter 2 Habit and Intuition: Tuning the Brain 45
Chapter 3 Enlightened Experiments: Inventing the Market Society 69
Chapter 4 Choice: The Brain's Internal Market 91
Chapter 5 Market Mayhem: Of Museums and Money 117
Part II Prologue: How to Live? 145
Chapter 6 Love Weaving the Web of Trust 147
Chapter 7 Character: Education and Self-Command 176
Chapter 8 Habitat: Made to Man's Measure 210
Chapter 9 Food: The Staff of Life 235
Chapter 10 Imagination: The Playful, Creative Brain 264
Reprise: Wisdom: Retuning For a Sustainable Future 293
Acknowledgments 313
Notes 315
Index 359