Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices [Review]

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices is a book published in 2002 from the late Paul R. Lawrence and cohorts. The purpose of Driven is to propose a unified theory of human behavior based on existing research across the various social sciences. It’s a tall order, but by the end of the book, an …

A Short History of Nearly Everything [Review]

There’s a certain irony about reviewing this book. But that’s for another WordPress category. To continue my long held tradition of wanting to talk about Heat anyway, I read Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything, published in 2003.  I was attracted to the book by Bryson’s intentions in writing. He was unsatisfied with the …