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| 008 | 150717s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng | ||
| 020 | _a9780007583126 | ||
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_aRidley, Matt, _eauthor. |
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_aThe evolution of everything : _bhow new ideas emerge / _cMatt Ridley. |
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_aLondon _bFourth Estate _c2015 |
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_av, 360 pages ; _c24 cm |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 323-341) and index. | ||
| 520 | _a"The New York Times bestselling author of The Rational Optimist and Genome returns with a fascinating, brilliant argument for evolution that definitively dispels a dangerous, widespread myth: that we can command and control our world.The Evolution of Everything is about bottom-up order and its enemy, the top-down twitch--the endless fascination human beings have for design rather than evolution, for direction rather than emergence. Drawing on anecdotes from science, economics, history, politics and philosophy, Matt Ridley's wide-ranging, highly opinionated opus demolishes conventional assumptions that major scientific and social imperatives are dictated by those on high, whether in government, business, academia, or morality. On the contrary, our most important achievements develop from the bottom up. Patterns emerge, trends evolve. Just as skeins of geese form Vs in the sky without meaning to, and termites build mud cathedrals without architects, so brains take shape without brain-makers, learning can happen without teaching and morality changes without a plan.Although we neglect, defy and ignore them, bottom-up trends shape the world. The growth of technology, the sanitation-driven health revolution, the quadrupling of farm yields so that more land can be released for nature--these were largely emergent phenomena, as were the Internet, the mobile phone revolution, and the rise of Asia. Ridley demolishes the arguments for design and effectively makes the case for evolution in the universe, morality, genes, the economy, culture, technology, the mind, personality, population, education, history, government, God, money, and the future.As compelling as it is controversial, authoritative as it is ambitious, Ridley's stunning perspective will revolutionize the way we think about our world and how it works"-- | ||
| 520 | _a"A book that makes the case for evolution over design and skewers a widespread but dangerous myth: that we have ultimate control over our world"-- | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aEvolution. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aDiffusion of innovations. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aTechnology and civilization. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aCivilization, Modern. | |
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_aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General. _2bisacsh |
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_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / General. _2bisacsh |
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_aSCIENCE / General. _2bisacsh |
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