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Hardwired: How Our Instincts to Be Healthy Are Making Us Sick

Hardwired: How Our Instincts to Be Healthy Are Making Us Sick

A fascinating and disturbing brain-body look at how our ancient evolutionary drives for survival are undermining our health in a modern world.

2020

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Robert Barrett, PhD

Have We Evolved for War?

The mother wept as she recalls the fateful day her family was executed in front of her home. After the death squad members had shot each of…

5 min readMar 17, 2024

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Have We Evolved for War?

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Robert Barrett, PhD

Pilot Training Gives Business Leaders an Edge

Chief Executive Officers who also happen to be private pilots produce 70% more patents than their non-pilot colleagues. CEOs with pilot…

3 min readMar 14, 2024

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Pilot Training Gives Business Leaders an Edge

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Robert Barrett, PhD

Today’s Young Men Are in Crisis

Declining physical and mental health threaten our future.

5 min readMar 3, 2024

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Today’s Young Men Are in Crisis

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Robert Barrett, PhD

America’s Next War

America’s next conflict will be a social one. Security strategists tend to consider both the circumstances of war, the who’s who and their…

6 min readFeb 14, 2024

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America’s Next War

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Robert Barrett, PhD

We Need a Digital Etiquette Reboot

Waiting in the boarding lounge for a flight, with fellow passengers sardined shoulder-to-shoulder near the gate, one gentleman decided that…

7 min readJan 28, 2024

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We Need a Digital Etiquette Reboot

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Robert Barrett, PhD

The Decline of the Manly Man

Men’s testosterone levels have dropped 20% in one generation.

5 min readMar 15, 2022

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The Decline of the Manly Man

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Robert Barrett, PhD

Is Putin a Rational Actor?

It is critical we get this right.

5 min readMar 13, 2022

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Is Putin a Rational Actor?

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Robert Barrett, PhD

What I Learned From Interviewing Killers

We placed our hands on the car dashboard as the muzzles of machine guns gestured about our heads; our lives resting on the mood and whims…

4 min readMar 6, 2022

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What I Learned From Interviewing Killers

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Robert Barrett, PhD

The Secret to Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

The key to perseverance is not more willpower, it is allowing yourself more indulgences.

5 min readJan 12, 2022

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The Secret to Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

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Robert Barrett, PhD

A Quarter of the World Has a Shortage of Food

Today’s coronavirus pandemic is fanning the flames of food insecurity, with the World Health Organization suggesting we are beginning to…

3 min readJun 11, 2020

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A Quarter of the World Has a Shortage of Food

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Robert Barrett, PhD

Robert Barrett, PhD

Book Author

Dr. Robert Barrett is the author of the bestselling book, HARDWIRED: How Our Instincts to Be Healthy Are Making Us Sick. (Published by Springer Nature).

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