The Blank Slate

Phenomenal book, describes who we are perfectly

An eye opening challenge to notions that you hold so deeply in your unconscious that you don't even realize they're there. Extremely clearly explained and very compelling.

I'm very much in the Nazi fearing camp that prefers not to give credence to any science laming to find innate human tendencies in genetics. Exactly for the kind of discrimination that can result from it.

I have learned allot from The Blank Slate about the folly of ignoring the evidence in the name of Ideology even if it is my kind of Ideology.
I've also learned that the blank slate position is also the tool of totalitarian regimes.

I still think that any policy based on what we thing human nature is should be taken with a heap of salt, but ignoring human nature can be as detrimental as well and lead to policies that are disconnected from reality.

This is one of those "inflated" books.

Great idea, but he could have said the same in a third of the pages. That´s the reason it took me months, even years to read. I start reading it, after a while I start to jump paragraphs, then pages and then I leave it for a few months...

Not sure If I´d recommend it, or better get the TED talk summary :)