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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny

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  • 1999
  • #History #Philosophy #SocialInteraction
Robert Wright
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In Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, Wright asserts that ever since the primordial ooze, life has followed a basic pattern. Organisms and human societies alike have grown more co... Show More

In Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, Wright asserts that ever since the primordial ooze, life has followed a basic pattern. Organisms and human societies alike have grown more complex by mastering the challenges of internal cooperation. Wright's narrative ranges from fossilized bacteria to vampire bats, from stone-age villages to the World Trade Organization, uncovering such surprises as the benefits of barbarian hordes and the useful stability of feudalism. Here is history endowed with moral significance–a way of looking at our biological and cultural evolution that suggests, refreshingly, that human morality has improved over time, and that our instinct to discover meaning may itself serve a higher purpose. Insightful, witty, profound, Nonzero offers breathtaking implications for what we believe and how we adapt to technology's ongoing transformation of the world.

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ASIN: B000Q9IRBY

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Erik Torenberg @ErikTorenberg · Dec 26, 2019
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Jonathan Haidt @JonathanHaidt · Jun 1, 2022
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.@robertwrighter's 1999 book NonZero changed the way I think, and made me more optimistic. I got to sit down with him and discuss whether current trends are a temporary dip on the road toward greater cooperation.
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