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- A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014This revelatory tour de force by an acclaimed and internationally bestselling science writer upends our understanding of survival of the fittest --and invites us all to think and act more altruistically The phrase survival of the fittest conjures an image of the most cutthroat individuals rising to the top. But Stefan Klein, author of the #1 international bestseller The Science of Happiness and winner of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Scientific Journalism, makes the startling assertion that the key to achieving lasting personal and societal success lies in helping others. In fact, Klein argues, altruism is our defining characteristic: Natural selection favored those early humans who cooperated in groups, and with survival more assured, our altruistic ancestors were free to devote brainpower to developing intelligence, language, and culture--our very humanity. As Klein puts it, We humans became first the friendliest and then the most intelligent apes. To build his persuasive case for how altruistic behavior made us human--and why it pays to get along--Klein synthesizes an extraordinary array of material: current research on genetics and the brain, ecomics, social psychology, behavioral and anthropological experiments, history, and modern culture. Ultimately, his groundbreaking findings lead him to a vexing question: If we're really hard-wired to act for one ather's benefit, why aren't we all getting along? Klein believes we've learned to mistrust our generous instincts because success is so often attributed to selfish ambition. In Survival of the Nicest, he invites us to rethink what it means to be the fittest as he shows how caring for others can protect us from loneliness and depression, make us happier and healthier, reward us ecomically, and even extend our lives.
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- PublisherExperiment
- ISBN-101615190902
- ISBN-139781615190904
- eBay Product ID (ePID)189907307
Product Key Features
- AuthorStefan Klein
- FormatSewn,PAPER over Boards,With Dust Jacket, Hardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- SubjectPopular Science
Additional Product Features
- Content NoteBlack & White Line Drawings
- Translated byDavid Dollenmayer
- Date of Publication21/01/2014
- ImprintExperiment
- Country of PublicationUnited States