The philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin called evolution ‘a light illuminating all facts’ (The Phenomenon of Man, 1955). Long Lens Press publishes books that are rooted in an understanding of our evolutionary history. Our bodies and minds are like a museum. From our salty tears to sex-linked inclinations for fighting or freezing, our bodies and our behaviour carry the story of the long past that has shaped us and leaves its stamp upon us. Our task is to understand the legacy we inherit and to manage our behaviour as best we can, given our gifts.
We publish books that help with this.
This book unpicks automatic instincts from our conscious minds, to also clarify the self. This explains a psychological imbalance and a glitch (in how our instincts interface with the conscious mind) that together likely explain all our greatest mistakes.
This book traces and explains instinctive influences that have come to corrupt our use of money, throughout the financial system.