Chet Shupe: 5 books

Any cooperation among humans that is essential to species survival results in unconditional love. There are three kinds: A mother’s love for her child—which lasts for life; romantic love—which lasts long enough to ensure conception; and the love experienced by a group of people who depend on...

Humanity is blind to the failures of civilization. Though we suffer emotionally from the shortcomings in our way of life, we work hard to ignore our pain, assuming our suffering is our own fault. If we could observe civilization from the outside, we might see these failings and be able to free ourselves...

This essay reveals how our brains adapt to painful situations by taking comfort in illusions. By finding fulfillment in beliefs and dreams, we have "normalized" a way of life that is not sustainable. Our eventual survival requires a way of life based on intimacy. Finding comfort in the moment,...

The Brain Virus—What Our Brains don’t want Us to Know, is a short book that proposes that the human race has been infected by a “brain virus,” and rendered ineffective, just as computers are when infected by a computer virus. Humans are not emotionally equipped to be happy when we can’t...

Regardless of nationality, ideology, religion, education, or technological prowess, humans the world over want basically the same thing, which is to love and be loved. Yet, we modern humans spend most of our lifetimes pursuing wealth and privilege. Is there a connection between our pursuit of wealth,...