Free Download Matt Thornton, "The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World"
English | ISBN: 1634312309 | 2023 | 400 pages | EPUB | 1349 KB
In today's modern world, we are largely isolated from the kind of savagery our ancestors faced on a daily basis. Although violence was as natural to our evolutionary development as sex and food, it has become foreign to most of us: at once demonized and glamorized, but almost always deeply misunderstood. Our hard-earned and hard-wired instincts-our evolved and trained ability to survive and overcome violent encounters-have been compromised. Yet, as even a cursory look at news headlines or a police blotter will reveal, the threat of violent crime is ever-present, and those we've entrusted to protect us cannot always be relied upon.