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BLUEPRINT - NICHOLAS A CHRISTAKIS TASCHENBUCH

Drawing on advances in social science  evolutionary biology  genetics  neuroscience and network
science  Blueprint shows how and why evolution has placed us on a humane path -- and how we are
united by our common humanity. For too long  scientists have focused on the dark side of our
biological heritage: our capacity for aggression  cruelty  prejudice  and self-interest. But
natural selection has given us a suite of beneficial social features  including our capacity
for love  friendship  cooperation  and learning. Beneath all our inventions - our tools  farms
machines  cities  nations - we carry with us innate proclivities to make a good society. In
Blueprint  Nicholas A. Christakis introduces the compelling idea that our genes affect not only
our bodies and behaviors  but also the ways in which we make societies  ones that are
surprisingly similar worldwide. With many vivid examples -- including diverse historical and
contemporary cultures  communities formed in the wake of shipwrecks  commune dwellers seeking
utopia  online groups thrown together by design or involving artificially intelligent bots and
even the tender and complex social arrangements of elephants and dolphins that so resemble our
own - Christakis shows that  despite a human history replete with violence  we cannot escape
our social blueprint for goodness. In a world of increasing political and economic polarisation
it's tempting to ignore the positive role of our evolutionary past. But by exploring the
ancient roots of goodness in civilisation  Blueprint shows that our genes have shaped societies
for our welfare and that  in a feedback loop stretching back many thousands of years  societies
have shaped and are still shaping  our genes today.

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