Book Review: Driven - On Human Nature

clipped from human-nature.com Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices From these assumptions, Lawrence and Nohria extract four basic drives that can be used to explain almost all of human behavior. As unique and individual as we each feel ourselves to be, we are also arguably more similar to all other humans than we are different from any one of them. Our common drives are as much the product of evolutionary processes as are the physical characteristics of Galapagos finches. Therefore the drives are common to all humans in all cultures, although of course culture determines how they will be expressed. The drives are described as follows: · To acquire objects and experiences that improve our status relative to others; · To establish long-term bonds with others based on reciprocity; · To learn about and make sense of our world, which is largely our own social creation; · To defend ourselves, our families and friends, our beliefs, and our resources.