Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
Robert Wright
3 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2015–2020.
What people on Hacker News said
"Nonzero" transmuted me from a cynical fatalist into an unrepentant optimist. The gist is that human culture advances when win/win strategies replace win/lose (zero sum) strategies.
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright about biological and cultural evolution shaped and directed by "non-zero-sumness" or synergetic interactions.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: What was a book that changed your life? 2020 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Which books have made you introspect? 2018 · 1 recommendation
- YC's 2015 Reading List 2015 · 1 recommendation