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Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve
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By Ian Morris, Stephen Macedo (Editor), Richard Seaford (Commentaries by), Jonathan D. Spence (Commentaries by), Christine M. Korsgaard (Commentaries by), Margaret Atwood (Commentaries by), Stephen Macedo (Introduction)
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The best-selling author of Why the West Rules—for Now examines the evolution and future of human values
Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the nineteenth century thought just the opposite. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, biology, and history, Ian Morris explains why. Fundamental long-term changes in values, Morris argues, are driven by the...
Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the nineteenth century thought just the opposite. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, biology, and history, Ian Morris explains why. Fundamental long-term changes in values, Morris argues, are driven by the...