Superorganism - Toward a New Social Contract for Our Endangered Species

This Element has a more hopeful prescription for a new global social contract. It is based on the many examples of superorganisms - socially organized species - in the natural world, and in evolution.

Sommario

1. A Preview of the Near Future; 2. 'The Future Is Not What It Used to Be'; 3. The Lessons of History: Past, Present, and Future; 4. 'Unite or Die'; 5. Building a Superorganism; 6. The Next 'Major Transition' in Evolution; Bibliography.

Riassunto

This Element has a more hopeful prescription for a new global social contract. It is based on the many examples of superorganisms – socially organized species – in the natural world, and in evolution.

Prefazione

This Element is based on the many examples of superorganisms – socially organized species – in the natural world, and in evolution.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter A. Corning, Peter A. (Institute for the Study of Comp Corning
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2023
• EAN: 9781009400428
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0940042-8
• Pagine: 75
• Serie: Elements in Applied Evolutionary Science
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia; Evolution, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Early Man, Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution