Invisible Rivals: How We Evolved to Compete in a Cooperative World - Tapa dura

Goodman, Jonathan R

 
9780300274356: Invisible Rivals: How We Evolved to Compete in a Cooperative World
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ISBN 10: 0300274351 ISBN 13: 9780300274356
Editorial: Yale University Press, 2025

Sinopsis

A multidisciplinary view of how our competitive and cooperative natures make us human
 
For centuries, people have argued about whether humans are moral animals―good or bad, cooperative or competitive, altruistic or selfish. The debates continue today, dressed up in the language of modern science. In this book, Jonathan R. Goodman makes the case for synthesizing the two sides. Drawing on insights from anthropology, evolutionary biology, and philosophy, he argues that rather than being fundamentally cooperative or competitive, we are capable of being both―and of exploiting each other when there is an opportunity to do so.
 
The core of invisible rivalry is how we make ourselves and others believe that we are acting cooperatively even as we manipulate those around us for our own benefit. In confronting this collective tendency toward self-interest, Goodman says, we can make the fundamental first step in fixing the breakdown of trust in society. Consequently, we will be better able to combat the myriad issues we face today, including widespread inequality, misinformation in a new technological environment, and climate change.

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Acerca del autor

Jonathan R. Goodman is a social scientist based at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Cambridge Public Health, University of Cambridge. He writes about trust, inequality, and evolutionary theory for publications including the Financial Times, New Scientist, Nature, The Guardian, and Scientific American. He lives in London, UK. Robert A. Foley is emeritus professor of human evolution at the University of Cambridge, a senior fellow of King’s College, Cambridge, a fellow of the Alan Turing Institute, and a fellow of the British Academy. He is based in Cambridge, UK.

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Editorial
Yale University Press
Año de publicación
2025
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0300274351
ISBN 13 
9780300274356
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Número de páginas
256
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