When you're a physician, nationally renowned fencing champion, art patron, author, poet, and member of dozens of philanthropic organizations over the years, you're bound to notice a pattern or two. In fact, nothing escapes Dr. Ivan Gilbert's attention in PATTERNS--a compellingly thoughtful meditation on how humanity is networked and bound together by routines and programming that are as apparent as they are confounding. Genetics, relationships, social hierarchies, politics, impulses and urges, addictions, daily interactions, truths, lies, emotions, motivations, agendas, decisions and everything in between, are woven into the unique tapestry of this book. Delving deeply into how people (children, teens, adults, families, clans, tribes, and societies) behave, as well as why the world still operates on programming millions of years in the making, Gilbert takes the reader on a journey that reveals as much about connections as it does about mankind.