Evolution's Arrow | the direction of evolution and the future of humanity

John Stewart

ISBN 10: 0646394975 / ISBN 13: 9780646394978

Verlag: The Chapman Press, 2000

Evolution's Arrow | the direction of evolution and the future of humanity | John Stewart | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2000 | The Chapman Press | EAN 9780646394978 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 102488105

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Evolution's Arrow argues that evolution is directional and progressive, and that this has major consequences for humanity. Without resort to teleology, the book demonstrates that evolution moves in the direction of producing cooperative organisations of greater scale and evolvability - evolution has organised molecular processes into cells, cells into organisms, and organisms into societies. The book founds this position on a new theory of the evolution of cooperation. It shows that self-interest at the level of the genes does not prevent cooperation from increasing as evolution unfolds. Evolution progresses by discovering ways to build cooperative organisations out of self-interested individuals. The book also shows that evolution itself has evolved. Evolution has progressively improved the ability of evolutionary mechanisms to discover effective adaptations. And it has produced new and better mechanisms. Evolution's Arrow uses this understanding of the direction of evolution to identify the next great steps in the evolution of life on earth - the steps that humanity must take if we are to continue to be successful in evolutionary terms. A key step for humanity is to increase the scale and evolvability of our societies, eventually forming a unified and cooperative society on the scale of the planet. We must also transform ourselves psychologically to become self-evolving organisms - organisms that are able to escape their biological and cultural past by adapting in whatever directions are necessary to achieve future evolutionary success.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: John married in 1963 and spent much of his life as a dedicated soldier, serving in numerous countries throughout his career. In everything he has done, his commitment and determination have always shone through. Now, in 2024, we are still happily married. At 81, John is retired but remains as active as ever. He still does all the D.I.Y and repairs and spends a lot of time doing bird boxes. He is excited about the book. Jan xx

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Evolution's Arrow | the direction of ...
Verlag: The Chapman Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu