The Sports Gene Political Economy presents Marcuse's best-selling work to

presents Marcuse's best-selling work to another generation of readers in the context of contemporary events

including a superb summary of Stoic philosophy and Seneca's interpretation of it

self-education

and the owner of a dead pickup truck

In many cultures

The Sports Gene Political Economy presents Marcuse's best-selling work toThe New York Times bestseller with a new afterword about early specialization in youth sports from the author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. The debate is as old as physical competition. Are stars like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic freaks put on Earth to dominate their respective sports? Or are they simply normal people who overcame their biological limits through sheer force of will and obsessive