Socrates Cafe Tokyo Meetup Group

Please Note: Usual place and hour changed.

------About the Book club-----
This will be a relaxed discussion and exchange of ideas about the book. Please read it (or most of it) and if you have questions or did not fully understand the content, you can bring the inquiries and we all can have a friendly chat about them.
Here there are no "I am right", or "You are wrong" answers, just open minds. Agnostics when we don't know enough to have an informed opinion and comprehensive when we don't share them. We try to see the world from different perspectives, even when those are counterintuitive. We gather to try to understand ✅, not to make anyone understand❌.

ー➡️To cover the cost of the venue we will ask for 100 yen to join ⬅️ー
For January we will be discussing: "Behave: THE BIOLOGY OF HUMANS AT OUR BEST AND WORST, By Robert M. Sapolsky" Please take a look at the end for an abstract of the book.

------Details of the event-----

- 3:15PM
The venue opens. Please come directly to the Shinjukuku Ochiai Daini Chiiki Center （新宿区 落合第二地域センター）. Japanese style room （和室）in the 2nd　floor　（2階）
-3:30 PM
Depending on the number of people, we will split into small groups to start the discussion. A list with the subtitles of the book and possible questions will be provided, but feel free to start the conversation as you like.
-4:00 PM
We will mix the groups and share our thoughts with different persons
-5:45 PM
Let's discuss altogether the conclusions that we got from each other (or maybe there will be more questions than answers!)
The limit of the persons is stipulated by the capacity of the room so we can manage better the discussion and everyone can participate and have a voice, so, if you are unable to attend, please change your RSPV so others can join instead.

Let's talk about Human behavior!

NOTE: If you are interested in attending this bookclub but you are unable to afford it due to a particular financial situation, please send a direct message to the organizer. We will figure things out :)

========================Abstract======================

From the bestselling author of A Primate’s Memoir and the forthcoming Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will comes a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do?

Behave is one of the most dazzling tours d’horizon of the science of human behavior ever attempted. Moving across a range of disciplines, Sapolsky—a neuroscientist and primatologist—uncovers the hidden story of our actions. Undertaking some of our thorniest questions relating to tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, and war and peace, Behave is a towering achievement—a majestic synthesis of cutting-edge research and a heroic exploration of why we ultimately do the things we do . . . for good and for ill.