The Elephant in the Brain_Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
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Twain, Mark,80, 232
Twitter,164
unconscious
Darwinian notion of,315n.4
racial biases,315n.7
United Way,207, 216, 220
Upworthy (website),347n.53
U.S. Marine Corps,185
Veblen, Thorstein,7, 169, 199, 331n.4
Vietnam War,82
virtue,309–310
visual arts,188b
visual dominance ratio,124–125
vocalization, laughter,133
The Voice (television show),287
votergasm.org,350n.44
voting
appeal of badges,294–296
decisiveness,286–287
disdain for compromise,299, 350n.48
expressive vs. instrumental,294–295
one-dimensional politics,299–300
political motives,284–286
retrospective,349n.19
uninformed voters,287–288, 349n.19
U.S. Electoral College system,348n.7
Wallace, David Foster,198
warm glow theory, charity,211–212, 335–336n.21
waste,201–202. See alsosacrifice
wealth
charity,219
conspicuous consumption,7, 169–174
education,236
medicine and,255
weapons,50–51b
Weber, Eugen,240
Weeden, Jason,272
West, Patrick,217
The West Wing (television show),98
Wharton, Edith,67
Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite (Kurzban),77
Why We Talk (Dessalles),151
Wilde, Oscar,147
Wilson, Timothy,8, 99–100, 102
Wiltermuth, Scott,273
wishful thinking,74
wordplay, laughter,136–137
work,169, 330–331n.2
Wright, Robert,7, 315n.4
Zahavi, Amotz,20, 22
Zappos, advertising,179
Zhao Gao,83–84