The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, And Fall

The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, And Fall

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The epic story, ultimate big history, and 'remarkable intellectual achievement' (Quarterly Review of Biology) describing how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a worlddominating speciesIf a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angelesor Borneowith very little fear. Psychologists have done little to explain this: for years, they have held that our biology puts a hard upper limitabout 150 peopleon the size of our social groups. But human societies are in fact vastly larger. How do we manageby and largeto get along with each other?In this paradigmshattering book, biologist Mark W. Moffett draws on findings in psychology, sociology and anthropology to explain the social adaptations that bind societies. He explores how the tension between identity and anonymity defines how societies develop, function, and fail. Surpassing Guns, Germs, and Steel and Sapiens, The Human Swarm reveals how mankind created sprawling civilizations of unrivaled complexityand what it will take to sustain them.

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