Robert Wright
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ROBERT WRIGHT is the author of The Moral Animal, Nonzero, and Three Scientists and Their Gods. The New York Times selected The Moral Animal as one of the ten best books of the year and the other two as notable books of the year.
Wright is a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Essay and Criticism and has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A contributing editor at The New Republic, he has also written for Time, Slate, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker.
Wright has taught in the philosophy department at Princeton and the psychology department at the University of Pennsylvania, and is now a senior fellow at the New America Foundation and editor in chief of Bloggingheads.tv.
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The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology by Robert Wright avg rating 4.03 — 493 ratings — published 1994 7 editions |
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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright avg rating 4.03 — 220 ratings — published 1999 4 editions |
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The Evolution of God by Robert Wright avg rating 4.08 — 123 ratings — published 2009 4 editions |
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Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information by Robert Wright avg rating 3.65 — 17 ratings — published 1989 2 editions |
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The History of Progress by Robert Wright avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2008 |
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IP Routing Primer by Robert Wright avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1998 |
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Mutually Beneficial by Robert Wright, David Smith avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2004 |
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Nonzero by Robert Wright avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2001 |
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Kismet by Robert Wright, George Forrest avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1986 |
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The Evolution of God by Robert Wright avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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"...human beings are a species splendid in their array of moral equipment, tragic in their propensity to misuse it, and pathetic in their ignorance of the misuse."
— Robert Wright
— Robert Wright
"We are built to be effective animals, not happy ones."
— Robert Wright (The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology)
— Robert Wright (The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology)
"If two people stare at each other for more than a few seconds, it means they are about to either make love or fight. Something similar might be said about human societies. If two nearby societies are in contact for any length of time, they will either trade or fight. The first is non-zero-sum social integration, and the second ultimately brings it."
— Robert Wright
— Robert Wright
