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 _ jalapeño 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*