Challenging The Idea That Biological Evolution Is Aimless, The Author Explores His Theory That Greater Social Complexity Is In The Cards For Humanity As The Species Continues To Evolve. The Ladder Of Cultural Evolution -- The Way We Were -- Add Technology And Bake For Five Millennia -- The Invisible Brain -- War: What Is It Good For? -- The Inevitability Of Agriculture -- The Age Of Chiefdoms -- The Second Information Revolution -- Civilization And So On -- Our Friends The Barbarians -- Dark Ages -- The Inscrutable Orient -- Modern Times -- And Here We Are -- New World Order -- Degrees Of Freedom -- The Cosmic Context -- The Rise Of Biological Non-zero-sumness -- Why Life Is So Complex -- The Last Adaptation -- Non-crazy Questions -- You Call This A God? Robert Wright. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [403]-418) And Index.
Categories:
- Science & Math
- Evolution
- Organic
- Evolution
Publisher : Pantheon
Author : Wright, Robert
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :1999-12-20
Number Of Pages : 435
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0679442529
ISBN-13 : 9780679442523
Item weight : 1.6 lb
Dimensions : 1.4 in x 6.2 in x 9.3 in
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