Excerpts*

    • Debt: Laughing all the way to the Darwinian bank
           bankruptcy _ savings _ big business

    • Fat: Please don't feed the humans*
           dieting _ laziness _ liposuction

Constant Cravings

    • Drugs: Hijacking the pleasure pathway
           caffeine _ alcohol _ prozac _ addiction _ hope

    • Risk: Thrill-seeking genes take us for a ride*
           casinos _ jalapeņo peppers _ roller-coasters _ rewards

    • Greed: Running fast on the happiness treadmill
           money _ happiness _ materialism _ progress _ joy

Romance and Reproduction

    • Gender: Girls against the boys*
           mars & venus _ hormones _ homosexuality _ culture

    • Beauty: It's more than skin deep
           attraction _ desire _ fads

    • Infidelity: Our cheating hearts
           marriage _ cheaters _ love _ lust _ promise

Family, Friends, and Foes

    • Family: The ties that bind*
           blood _ siblings _ conflict _ motherhood

    • Friends and Foes: Keep friends close and enemies closer
           warfare _ race _ gossip _ road rage _ loyalty

Conclusion: Surviving Desire*