#biology #evolution #psychology # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought #to-digest # Related # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # David M. Buss Quotes -> [[David M. Buss - The Evolution of Desire Strategies of Human Mating]] <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27491.The_Evolution_Of_Desire" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348779994l/27491._SX98_.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27491.The_Evolution_Of_Desire">The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15432.David_M_Buss">David M. Buss</a><br/> My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4840254070">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /> Men and women are evolutionary speaking in a Red Queen competition between men optimisation for short-term strategies and women optimisation for long-term strategies.<br /><br />Men and women use different deceptive strategies to reach their sexual goals.<br />Short-term mating is by definition a non-iterative multiplayer game.<br />As a reminder, short-term mating strategies are optimal for the Monkey Brain which optimise decision making in spreading the Selfish gene in a wide range of mates for the male. Women are rather looking for long-term mating in order to secure a committed parent which will carry the woman genes.<br /><br />Men and women are perpetually trying to map each other map of the territory. Is she willing to have sex, is he willing to rear the children?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://louis030195.notion.site/The-Evolution-of-Desire_-Strategies-of-Human-Mating-632d31b69f9c41b58d6a671c2e7581c2">https://louis030195.notion.site/The-E...</a> <br/><br/> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/103091881-louis">View all my reviews</a> # External links