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Verified purchase i picked up aja radens stoned expecting a history of jewelry and was pleasantly surprised to find an in depth social history of how human perceptions of value desire and innovation have shaped the modern world. I picked up aja radens stoned expecting a history of jewelry and was pleasantly surprised to find an in depth social history of how human perceptions of value desire and innovation have shaped the modern world. In this brilliant account of how eight jewels shaped the course of history jeweler and scientist aja raden tells an original and often startling story about our unshakeable addiction to beauty and the darker side of human desire what moves the world is what moves each of us desire. Jewelry attracts me like a magpie and apparently i am not alone as author aja raden points out in stoned jewelry obsession and how desire shapes the world her premise for this book is here in this quote from the preface all of human history can be boiled down to these thr. Reviews gems gemology fall 2016 vol 52 no 3 book review stoned jewelry obsession and how desire shapes the world sarah froelich