This book is the one. ThinkSapiensand triple it. Julia Hobsbawm, author ofFully Connected We all have ten types of human in our head.
Theyre the people we become when we face lifes most difficult decisions. We want to believe there are things we would always do or things we never would. But how can we be sure? What are our limits? Do wehavelimits?
The Ten Types of Humanis a pioneering examination of human nature. It looks at the best and worst that human beings are capable of, and asks why. It explores the frontiers of the human experience, uncovering the forces that shape our thoughts and actions in extreme situations.
From courtrooms to civil wars, from Columbus to child soldiers, Dexter Dias takes us on a globe-spanning journey in search of answers, touching on the lives of some truly exceptional people.
Combining cutting-edge neuroscience, social psychology and human rights research,The Ten Types of Humanis a provocative map to our hidden selves. It provides a new understanding of who we are and who we can be.
I emerged from this book feeling better about almost everything... a mosaic of faces building into this extraordinary portrait of our species.Guardian
The Ten Types of Humanis a fantastic piece of non-fiction, mixing astonishing real-life cases with the latest scientific research to provide a guide to who we really are. Its inspiring and essential. Charles Duhigg
Uplifting and indispensable. Howard Cunnell
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Dexter Dias QC is a human rights barrister, part-time Crown Court judge and visiting researcher at the Universities of Cambridge and Harvard. As Queens Counsel, he has been involved in some of the biggest cases of recent years involving human rights, murder, terrorism, crimes against humanity and genocide. He chaired and co-wrote the influential Bar Human Rights report to the Parliamentary Inquiry into FGM, has briefed and written reports for the UN around gender-based violence, and works pro bono internationally with survivors of modern day slavery, human trafficking and Violence Against Women and Girls.
