Excerpts* Introduction: Our toughest battles are with ourselves* Thin Wallets and Fat Bodies Debt: Laughing all the way to the Darwinian bank bankruptcy _ savings _ big business Fat: Please don't feed the humans* dieting _ laziness _ liposuction Constant Cravings Drugs: Hijacking the pleasure pathway caffeine _ alcohol _ prozac _ addiction _ hope Risk: Thrill-seeking genes take us for a ride* casinos _ jalapeņo peppers _ roller-coasters _ rewards Greed: Running fast on the happiness treadmill money _ happiness _ materialism _ progress _ joy Romance and Reproduction Gender: Girls against the boys* mars & venus _ hormones _ homosexuality _ culture Beauty: It's more than skin deep attraction _ desire _ fads Infidelity: Our cheating hearts marriage _ cheaters _ love _ lust _ promise Family, Friends, and Foes Family: The ties that bind* blood _ siblings _ conflict _ motherhood Friends and Foes: Keep friends close and enemies closer warfare _ race _ gossip _ road rage _ loyalty Conclusion: Surviving Desire*
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Introduction: Our toughest battles are with ourselves*
Thin Wallets and Fat Bodies
Constant Cravings
Romance and Reproduction
Family, Friends, and Foes
Conclusion: Surviving Desire*