BIG DOG ：The Origin of Species for the Rich

Author: [USA] Conyf, written by Wang Xiaofei and Li Na translated
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: [The New York Times]: The most humorous, sharp, rich social and cultural critique in history! A masterpiece that blends academia, wit, literary imagination, and engaging perspectives. The author claims to have straddled the two writing themes of the rich and the beasts, ultimately combining them in this book. From the perspective of a journalist, he observes the rich as animals, focusing on the long-standing question of whether the rich are truly different from us. He discovers that compared to ordinary people, they are undeniably aliens; or rather, they are more like animals than humans. With a humorous attitude, the author reveals the strategies the rich use to establish dominance, their antics to flaunt wealth, the motivations behind their hierarchical conflicts, and their eccentric mating habits. Through comparisons with other exotic creatures, the author gives us insight into the animal instincts of this dazzling group, and helps us understand that even in ancient times, when the ancestors of the rich were still sleeping around campfires, the social behavior patterns that persist today were already established. He also explores how these patterns continue to influence their behavior today, what evolutionary advantages they have developed to make money, how they use primate dominance behaviors to retain property, and how they convert wealth into social status.