Robert Wright · 2000
A historical analysis arguing that human social evolution is driven by positive-sum interactions that increase complexity and cooperation.
Jonathan Haidt recommends it because he is sympathetic to the author's arguments regarding human social evolution.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“Looking at the long history of humanity, and I know you're, you know, I'm very sympathetic to Matt Ridley's book, Rational Optimist, you know, Steve Pinker's points about the better angels of our nature. So, and Robert Wright, Robert Wright's book, Non-Zero.”
Why: Sympathetic to the arguments about human social evolution.
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