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Pierce writes: "No, really, David, it's nice to see you again. Thanks for coming. Stay right here. Have some dip. I have to go into the kitchen and saute the cat."

David Brooks. (photo: unknown)
David Brooks. (photo: unknown)


David Brooks, The Last Romantic

By Charles Pierce, Esquire

16 March 14

 

ear god, someone get this man a cookie.

Women, meanwhile, have different tastes at different times in their cycles. During ovulation, according to some research, they prefer ruggedly handsome and risky men, while at other times they are more drawn to pleasant-looking, nice men. When men look at pictures of naked women, their startle response to loud noises diminishes. It seems that the dopamine surge mutes the prefrontal cortex, and they become less alert to danger and risk.

Don't read Penthouse while crossing the street, ya stupid bastid.

We originate with certain biological predispositions. These can include erotic predispositions (we're aroused by people who send off fertility or status cues), or they can be cognitive (like loss aversion). But depth, the core of our being, is something we cultivate over time. We form relationships that either turn the core piece of ourselves into something more stable and disciplined or something more fragmented and disorderly. We begin with our natural biases but carve out depths according to the quality of the commitments we make. Our origins are natural; our depths are man-made - engraved by thought and action.

No, really, David, it's nice to see you again. Thanks for coming. Stay right here. Have some dip. I have to go into the kitchen and saute the cat.

David Brooks. The Last Romantic.

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