Wright, Robert

Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny

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ISBN 13:
9780679758945
author:
Wright, Robert
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Random House USA Inc
language:
English
Publication Year:
2001
Pages:
448
Dimensions:
13 x 2.3 x 20.3 centimetres (0.2
Genre:
Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Anthropology,
Condition:
New
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£14.24

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Robert Wright's Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny offers a fresh perspective on our biological and cultural evolution. By exploring the patterns that have shaped life since its primordial beginnings, Wright reveals how organisms and human societies have grown more complex by mastering internal cooperation challenges. From fossilized bacteria to vampire bats, and from stone-age villages to modern institutions like the World Trade Organization, Wright uncovers surprising connections between seemingly disparate entities. This narrative offers a way of looking at our history endowed with moral significance, suggesting that human morality has improved over time and that our instinct to discover meaning may serve a higher purpose. Insightful, witty, and profound, Nonzero provides breathtaking implications for how we understand ourselves and the world around us.

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