He posits that "The average American is sleep-deprived, overstressed, and not making enough time for things she wants to do" (xxv). Hunter and gatherers were not inundated with text messages and Facebook posts. He argues that evolution has not yet caught up with modern sophistication. He evaluates the brain from an evolutionary perspective. It would be impossible to list every insight I underlined in this book. Other insights are entirely counterintuitive. Some of his advice is basic, like using index cards and always placing your car keys and glasses in the same place. Levitin seeks to help readers understand how to grapple with a world that is filled with far more information than people can process or remember. It can be somewhat overwhelming, yet it is filled with fascinating observations. It reads somewhat like a scientist's compilation of years of his experiments and studies. This book is filled with references to various studies in the field. This book falls into the same genre as Thinking Fast and Slow.I have read several books lately that examine how people think and solve problems.
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