In the latest edition of the New York Review of Books, Allen Orr reviews “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement,” the latest book from NY Times columnist and PBS Newshour regular David Brooks.  In a book that combines fiction with non-fiction, Brooks takes a foray into the latest scientific research on human nature, apparently with mixed results.  In case you missed it, you should also check out Allen’s review from earlier this year of another book that attempts to apply scientific insight to human culture and society – Sam Harris’s  “The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values.”