
How to Be Human: The Manual
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Narrated by:
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Ruby Wax
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Ash Ranpura
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Gelong Thubten
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By:
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Ruby Wax
About this listen
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of How to be Human: The Manual written and read by Ruby Wax with Ash Ranpura and Gelong Thubten.
It took us 4 billion years to evolve to where we are now. No question, anyone reading this has won the evolutionary Hunger Games by the fact you're on all twos and not some fossil. This should make us all the happiest species alive, yet most of us aren't. What's gone wrong? We've started treating ourselves more like machines and less like humans. We're so used to upgrading things like our iPhones: as soon as the new one comes out, we don't think twice, we dump it. (Many people I know are now on iWife4 or iHusband8, the motto being, if it's new, it's better.)
We can't stop the future from arriving, no matter what drugs we're on. But even if nearly every part of us becomes robotic, we'll still, fingers crossed, have our minds, which, hopefully, we'll be able to use for things like compassion rather than chasing what's 'better', and if we can do that we're on the yellow brick road to happiness.
I wrote this book with a little help from a monk, who explains how the mind works and also gives some mindfulness exercises, and a neuroscientist who explains what makes us 'us' in the brain. We answer every question you've ever had about evolution, thoughts, emotions, the body, addictions, relationships, kids, the future and compassion. How to be Human is extremely funny, true and the only manual you'll need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you've upgraded your iPhone.
©2017 Ruby Wax (P)2017 Penguin AudioBrilliant
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Fabulous book, everything is quotable.
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Really good listen!
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very informative.
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I loved it
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Really enjoyable listen and perspective
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Fantastic book
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The additional comments from a monk and neuroscience doctor adds lots of value to the book.
I'm really enjoying this book!
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Great content - mediocre performances
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Fantastic and heart warming
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