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The Social Conquest of Earth

Edward O. Wilson

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Jul 03, 2013 Katherine Collins rated it really liked it

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Wilson makes the mega-case here for the cooperation/collaboration over competition. I haven’t quite figured out what to make of this book yet, and that’s exactly why it’s worth featuring. Many will know that this book is an extension of a hugely controversial paper in Nature that Wilson & co. published in 2010. I want to believe in Wilson’s eusociality argument (that humans & other creatures are motivated to act for group benefit and not only self-benefit) – but when putting forth a sweeping the ...more

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