理查德・康尼夫,职业新闻记者与随笔作家,为《大西洋月刊》、《发现杂志》、《史密森学会会刊》、《国家地理杂志》等众多刊物撰写文章。他也是“国家地理频道”、“发现频道”的节目撰稿人与制作人,曾获艾美奖最佳编剧奖提名,并于1997年荣获美国“国家杂志奖”。他的著作包括《魔鬼的笔》、《无脊椎世界的奇闻》、《爬行动物》和《千面老鼠》。他现定居于美国康涅迪格州。
发表于2024-12-29
The Natural History of the Rich 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
Read a chapter from the English version. Was not impressed. There is neither insight nor much humor. Couldn't understand why 进化论者 is so excited about it; but every dog is welcome to his own bone. Just one thing, though: NY Times Book Review is known as...
评分中世纪哲学家圣布纳凡度拉说过:「猴子爬得越高,你越看得见牠的屁股。」 事实上,不穿衣服的猴子与穿名牌的有钱人拥有共同的生活重心,即是︰资源掌控、社会统御与有效的炫耀行为。 这本书的作者也是个记者,为什么我这么说?因为刚看完的『世界是平的』也是记者写的。这个作...
评分作者认为富人可能是一种有别于“普通人”的一种人种,至少也是一种文化上的伪亚种。富人为了避免与“普通人”接触带来的不适,也是为了安全和舒适,往往只生活在富人这个相对隔离的群体里。而且富人家族中常见的近亲通婚使得富人群体的封闭性非常明显,这种封闭性至少提高...
评分“如果你的子女从一开头就知道必须自我奋斗,你的基因的未来会更加稳固。你只需把爱和好姓氏传给他们,像黑长尾猴奶奶扶植小孙子一样照顾他们,此外什么也别留给他们。” 这本书是这么劝富人财产裸捐的。 作者将社会学的东西写的很浅显。本书本意也不在于从成功学的角度讲怎么...
评分记者因为职业原因常常要见到与自己无关的人,比如有钱人。他们高过记者一个阶级,因此在新闻纸上,可以看见从下至上的钦羡、嘲讽、酸葡萄文字。 记者的本领则是将陌生之事介绍给更多人,不能全然理解这些陌生之事没关系,他可以用自己的理解能力来加以理解,比如将富人比作大狗...
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A tantalizing, droll study of the idiosyncratic existence of the very rich, through the unexpected lens of the naturalist. Journalist Richard Conniff probes the age-old question "Are the rich different from you and me?" and finds that they are indeed a completely different animal. He observes with great humor and finesse this socially unique species, revealing their strategies for ensuring dominance and submission, their flourishes of display behavior, the intricate dynamics of their pecking order, as well as their unorthodox mating practices. Through comparisons to other equally exotic animals, Conniff uncovers surprising commonalities.
• How did Bill Gates achieve his single greatest act of social dominance by being nice? • How does the flattery of the rich resemble the grooming behavior of baboons? • What made the British aristocracy the single most successful animal dominance hierarchy in the history of the planet? • How does Old Money's disdain for the nouveaux riches resemble the pig-grunting of mountain gorillas?
This marvelously entertaining field guide captures in vivid detail the behaviors and habitats of the world's most captivating yet elusive animal. 29 photographs.
The Natural History of the Rich 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书