Robert Wright

In his bestselling The Moral Animal , Robert Wright applied the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of the human mind. Now Wright attempts something even more explaining the direction of evolution and human history–and discerning where history will lead us next.In The Logic of Human Destiny , Wright asserts that, ever since the primordial ooze, life has followed a basic pattern. Organisms and human societies alike have grown more complex by mastering the challenges of internal cooperation. Wright's narrative ranges from fossilized bacteria to vampire bats, from stone-age villages to the World Trade Organization, uncovering such surprises as the benefits of barbarian hordes and the useful stability of feudalism. Here is history endowed with moral significance–a way of looking at our biological and cultural evolution that suggests, refreshingly, that human morality has improved over time, and that our instinct to discover meaning may itself serve a higher purpose. Insightful, witty, profound, Nonzero offers breathtaking implications for what we believe and how we adapt to technology's ongoing transformation of the world.

From one of America’s most brilliant writers, a New York Times bestselling journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.At the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we suffer—and the reason we make other people suffer—is that we don’t see the world clearly. At the heart of Buddhist meditative practice is a radical promise: We can learn to see the world, including ourselves, more clearly and so gain a deep and morally valid happiness. In this “sublime” (The New Yorker), pathbreaking book, Robert Wright shows how taking this promise seriously can change your life—how it can loosen the grip of anxiety, regret, and hatred, and how it can deepen your appreciation of beauty and of other people. He also shows why this transformation works, drawing on the latest in neuroscience and psychology, and armed with an acute understanding of human evolution. This book is the culmination of a personal journey that began with Wright’s landmark book on evolutionary psychology, The Moral Animal, and deepened as he immersed himself in meditative practice and conversed with some of the world’s most skilled meditators. The result is a story that is “provocative, informative and...deeply rewarding” (The New York Times Book Review), and as entertaining as it is illuminating. Written with the wit, clarity, and grace for which Wright is famous, Why Buddhism is True lays the foundation for a spiritual life in a secular age and shows how, in a time of technological distraction and social division, we can save ourselves from ourselves, both as individuals and as a species.

Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animal one of the most provocative science books in recent years. Wright unveils the genetic strategies behind everything from our sexual preferences to our office politics--as well as their implications for our moral codes and public policies. Illustrations.

Examines the concepts of information, meaning, and purpose, describes the function of information at various levels of organization, and discusses the theories of Edward Fredkin, Edward O. Wilson, and Kenneth Blouding

In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause controversy. He explains why spirituality has a role today, and why science, contrary to conventional wisdom, affirms the validity of the religious quest. And this previously unrecognized evolutionary logic points not toward continued religious extremism, but future harmony. Nearly a decade in the making, The Evolution of God is a breathtaking re-examination of the past, and a visionary look forward.

One of the most trusted voices in science-based spirituality offers a powerful antidote for our culture of division.In a time when we have more technologies than ever for connecting, why is our world so divided? One main factor is the phenomenon of “tribalism”—the human tendency to become so identified with a group that we become blind to the ideas, qualities, and even humanity of others. “Most of us are part of the problem of tribalism,” says bestselling author Robert Wright. “Natural selection engineered the human mind to be susceptible to this way of thinking.” Yet there is hope for us individually and as a species—and it starts with the ancient prescription of mindfulness.With How Mindfulness Can Heal the World, Wright presents a deeply informative and practical audio workshop filled with insights and guided practices to help us evolve beyond tribal thinking, including:• What drives tribalism? The underlying psychology and evolution of “us and them.”• How mindfulness addresses the roots of tribalism and helps us see ourselves and the world clearly.• Overcoming confirmation bias, cultivating objectivity, practicing empathy and compassion, and much more.

Tom Cutter is a middle-aged sculptor who ekes a nominal living in New York City’s art world. When an unexpected chance of a lifetime comes into his life, he flashes back to being deaf in an all-boys prep the awakenings of his creativity and his first love. The past and present narratives intereave as he creates his sculptures, and his past becomes more relevant to the work he is creating. During the opening of the Cleveland exhibition, his artwork's deep significance is revealed with a surprising twist. The first novel in a series of three, "The Clay Orchard" is an alternatively lyrical and fast-paced novel that embraces the creative spirit of becoming an artist while navigating new relationships in a rapidly-changing world.

De la unul dintre cei mai straluciti scriitori din America, o calatorie bestseller New York Times prin psihologie, filosofie si multe meditatii pentru a arata cum budismul detine cheia claritatii morale si a fericirii durabile. In centrul budismului se afla o afirmatie motivul pentru care suferim “ si motivul pentru care ii facem pe alti oameni sa sufere “ este ca nu vedem lumea clar. In centrul practicii meditative budiste se afla o promisiune putem invata sa vedem lumea, inclusiv pe noi insine, mai clar si astfel sa castigam o fericire profunda si valabila din punct de vedere moral. In aceasta carte sublima (The New Yorker), deschizatoare de drumuri, Robert Wright arata cum ti se poate schimba viata daca iei in serios aceasta promisiune “ cum poate slabi stransoarea anxietatatii, regretului si urii si cum iti poate creste aprecierea fata de frumusetea si a altor oameni. El arata, de asemenea, de ce aceasta transformare functioneaza, bazandu-se pe cele mai recente descoperiri din neurostiinta si psihologie si inarmat cu o intelegere patrunzatoare a evolutiei umane. Aceasta carte este punctul culminant al unei calatorii personale care a inceput cu cartea de referinta a lui Wright despre psihologia evolutiei, The Moral Animal, si s-a aprofundat in timp ce se cufunda in practica meditativa si conversa cu unii dintre cei mai priceputi meditatori din lume. Rezultatul este o poveste provocatoare, informativa si ... profund satisfacatoare (The New York Times Book Review) si pe cat de distractiva pe atat de iluminatoare. Scris cu inteligenta, claritatea si gratia pentru care este renumit Wright, De ce este adevarat budismul pune bazele unei vieti spirituale intr-o epoca seculara si arata cum, intr-o vreme a distragerii tehnologice si diviziunii sociale, ne putem salva de noi insine, atat ca indivizi, cat si ca specie. O realizare sublima. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker Provocator, informativ si... profund satisfacator... M-am trezit nu doar ca sunt de acord

Second Edition 2023. Due to some historical errors to correct in the first edition, plus some fascinating new research material to include, this narrative history has been satisfyingly improved. Furthermore, the author's royalties will go to charity in perpetuity.In the latter half of the 19th century Britain’s defence policies in regard to India’s north-west frontier were increasingly dictated by Russia’s swift expansion of empire eastwards across Central Asia, in which they annexed a chain of decaying Moslem Khanates to the north of Afghanistan. By 1876 they had captured Tashkent, Samarkand, Bokhara, Khiva, and Khokand, and had crossed the Alai mountains until they were drawn up along the western border of Chinese Turkestan; from where they were surveying the Wakhan Pamir, directly to the north of Hunza and Gilgit, as their next acquisition.It was known that the Cossack army, spread wide across the barren Steppe, dreamed of nothing finer than swelling their ranks with cutthroat tribes enlisted along the way in a charge towards lush and exotic South, with rich Kashmir as their first prize. Furthermore, it was also known that successive Tsars had coveted a warm-water port on the shores of the Arabian Sea, by way of Persia, in order to increase their military capabilities and trade, and thereby further threaten Britain’s possession of India.The petty chiefs along this extreme North-Eastern Indian frontier were seen either as ‘puppets of the British’, or as ‘creatures of the Tsar’, and so Russia’s evident interest across the Pamir mountains led to a race to map the dwindling unexplored areas of wilderness remaining between the two empires so that first influence could be claimed over them.Other than selected gifted officers there were no lower ranking white British troops ever posted to the sensitive Gilgit frontier. Where the history was of tyrants, royal patricides, and few heroes; of the cruelties of slavery and the drudgery of serfdom; alleviated by the tribal pastime of looting the silk route caravans, and for capturing nomads with herds of yak for transport. In 1862 it was reported to the British Agent in Leh that ten richly laden caravans had been robbed – meanwhile the Abolitionists in Parliament saw the Chinese slave markets of Kashgar and Yarkand as the blackest blots left on earth.A state of affairs that was to be overturned by stories of the young subalterns’ gung-ho battles and camaraderie framed in isolation amidst a sublime mountain chain. With only 16 officers their’s was an astonishing campaign to train and lead a rag-bag multi-lingual army of Gurkhas, Afghan rogues, local tribesmen and Kashmir Dogra troops, and then lead them to force open an unconquered bandits’ stronghold.These young officers had to think for themselves, behave confidently, be devoted and robust in spirit, and ever determined to do what they saw as right. ‘Forward policy’ on the border demanded such qualities. Their initial campaigns hardly needed their provoking, and although small were as thrilling as they could hope for in which to win their medals and promotions. When at last the treadmill of work spared them for a few weeks leave, then they’d head straight off for peaceful hills elsewhere to hunt or fish or climb.For its physical and political geography, and for the unique scientific discoveries abounding in the area, Hunza is simply the most extraordinary valley I know of in the greater Himalayan chain. The only things they ever had an abundance of were rocks and ice; and their greatest achievement is that from such unfavourable beginnings they have created the most peaceful, least fanatical, best educated and well organised gardened valley in Pakistan today.

Using fulfilled Bible prophecies to prove the meaning of the abomination of desolation, the punishment periods of Jerusalem, the two witnesses, and a time, times and half a time with astonishing results, it is demonstrated who this God is that is calling you now to follow Him, turning what is wrong into what is right. This is a must read book! If you don't think you need this book, watch the world news for 20 minutes and see if you can envision Gog Magog on the horizon.

For its physical and political geography, and for the unique scientific discoveries abounding in the Karakoram mountains, Hunza is simply the most extraordinary valley I know of in the greater Himalayan chain. Consequently I have found no need to perpetuate the trite myths of Shangri La, or the ‘Hunzas’ perfect diet’, or of their fabled longevity. The only thing this humble Ismaili community ever had an abundance of were rocks – and their greatest achievement is that from such unfavourable beginnings they have created the most peaceful, least fanatical, best educated and well organised valley in Pakistan today. These present stories and essays are taken from notes written during two visits to Hunza totalling nine months in 1987 and 1988. Some were originally intended to be included in my British colonial history titled "Hunza and the Raj", which, after several years of wide ranging research, had simply become too long. So this potentially useful trekking journal mostly deals with my personal experiences of the Hunza, as well as giving plenty of local informative. I have published these notes separately here as a complimentary supplement for those who have read the full work – and also as a taster for those who have not. A secondary intention has been to represent some more friendly experiences of Pakistan, rather than the dire ‘bad press’ the country receives in the West, as in four visits between 1970 and 1988, totalling a year in the country, I never had any trouble whatsoever. To archaeologists, anthropologists, mountaineers, and elitist back-packers Pakistan is well known as one of the most exciting and hospitable countries in the world. The 24 photos included were taken on Kodachrome slide film during my second visit.

A young man awakens from a coma after a near-fatal accident. Over the next year, he makes many life choices including picking a name (Billy Bob Bahama), a place to live, and forming new friendships. He then embarks on several sailing adventures in the Bahamas. The many new experiences are viewed through the eyes of a somewhat naive, but very likeable, amnesiac!

Like mass incarceration and slavery, financial exclusion, discrimination, and predation serve the interests of the few at the expense of their direct victims and overall economic efficiency. Yet those banes persist, evolve, and even thrive because governments often foster them with one hand while ineffectually combatting them with another.In Financial Exclusion, Robert E. Wright shows that America once ameliorated financial discrimination by leveraging the power of competition, allowing people who felt they were irrationally deprived of loans, insurance, or other financial services for reasons of ethnicity, gender, race, or religion to form their own financial institutions. Abandonment of that tradition for top-down government regulation in the 1990s led inevitably to the financial crisis of 2008. More regulation or direct government provision of financial services will not aid the those living in the hopeless, hungry side of town as much as a return to America’s free market traditions will.Robert E. Wright has served Augustana University as the inaugural Nef Family Chair of Political Economy since 2009. After receiving his Ph.D. in economic history from SUNY Buffalo in 1997, Wright taught economics at the University of Virginia and New York University’s Stern School of Business. His 18 previous books include Mutually Beneficial, The First Wall Street, Financial Founding Fathers, One Nation Under Debt, Bailouts, Fubarnomics, Corporation Nation, Little Business on the Prairie, and The Poverty of Slavery.

Twenty six short non-fiction stories of the author's experiences in youth and manhood, the former in Portland, Oregon and the latter in Europe and America while the author was serving in the US Air Force.

From high school sweethearts in Monroe, Louisiana, to billionaire philanthropists, Madison and Joshua Newton's journey is a testament to the power of love, determination, and innovation. Overcoming personal struggles and professional challenges, they transform their dream of a community-focused, technologically advanced pharmacy into a nationwide reality. Newton Pharmacy emerges as a pioneer in healthcare, combining cutting-edge technology with compassionate, personalized care. This inspiring tale follows the couple as they navigate corporate America, launch their own business, and expand from Houston to cities across the United States, all while staying true to their vision of improving healthcare accessibility and quality. Their story is not just about building a successful business, but about creating a movement that changes lives and communities. The Newtons' rise to success, fueled by their unwavering commitment to each other and their community, showcases the transformative power of opportunity when coupled with hard work and vision.

Super Princeton is about a super powered toddler with attitude. Super Princeton was written to engage the young mind to help them understand that they to have the ability to do great things. This book gives children of different races and colors the encouragement to do great things with what they have. Read Along and find out what happens! Go Go Super Princeton!

In Monroe, Louisiana, Frank "Sharp" Green, a barber, and Victoria Maxwell, a restaurant waitress, transform a single food truck into a multi-million dollar empire that redefines culinary access and economic opportunity. Overcoming personal challenges, the couple create a model of community empowerment that reshapes economic landscapes. Their vision culminates in a ten-story headquarters providing infrastructure for emerging Black businesses in their hometown. With strategic brilliance and unwavering partnership, Frank and Victoria prove that entrepreneurial success is about lifting others while rising. Each calculated move expands their reach, from regional food trucks to nationwide mobile dining experiences aboard their fleet of Prevost luxury coaches that bring gourmet cuisine to small towns across America. Sharp Moves is a testament to love, ambition, and shared dreams.

An alternative traveler's life, starting on the Hippie Trail to India in the sixties, that left me addicted to risk and adventures thereafter. A year and a half in a Lebanese prison did not worry me for long, and soon I was back on the road to India, and then trekking in the Karakoram mountains of Pakistan. I worked in Hong Kong as a film extra for a while, until I had to go on the run from criminals there, right across the breadth of China. This short book of smuggling and other escapades is intended as a free taster for my full book of travels and wonders seen, which most readers will find to be witty, observant and informative.

This book provides a solid, rich framework to facilitate lifelong learning and personal development. It introduces readers to a powerful system for making lasting, authentic changes, leading to a more satisfying, fulfilling life. Based on 35 years of consumer research by Dr. Bob Wright and Dr. Judith Wright, Foundations presents a map for personal growth and development. It combines tried-and-true methodologies and philosophies into the Wright educational methodology. This methodology integrates the best of current neuroscience; Adlerian, developmental, humanistic, and positive psychology; existential philosophy; behavioral economics; educational theory and methodologies; and high performance research. At the same time, readers will see how they can use those theories, methodologies, and technologies in their daily lives to work toward and realize their full potential.

The hilarious adventures of a team of kids with not so super powers. Read as they battle bullies and eventually a criminal gang that is stealing Christmas donations. This edition is new and improved including a whole bunch of crummy illustrations, some new jokes, and a bunch of corrected gramatical errors!Meet Snow Ball Boy, Butter Girl, Hot Dog Girl and their freinds as they battle school bullies and crazy super villains like the Garden Gnome Mob!

Ceri is lost in a world of strange creatures. As she tries to find her way home she encounters dragons, goblins, shape-shifters and others; but her greatest challenge is the three sisters who want her dead. And they are just the dangers she knows about.

This book culminates years of study and research by its writer, Robert Wright. While still a child, Robert, intrigued by discussions held by his parents and family friends as they celebrated the Sabbath hours on Friday evenings and Saturdays, developed a love for Bible prophecy and history. Educated in both public and private Christian schools, Robert has a Masters degree in Educational Psychology. Of his many interests, Bible prophecy is his passion. In this book, the writer examines Seventh-day Adventists beliefs concerning Babylon the Great. He addresses the issues head-on, challenging traditional views, providing alternative perspectives, yet leaving in tact the essential truths espoused by the church regarding the Papacy. The symbols of Revelation 12, 17, and 18 are re-examined as the writer presents evidence that suggests Babylon the Great does not symbolize the Papacy as traditionally taught. This book offers a bible-based defense of what Babylon symbolizes. Most importantly, this book encourages the reader to rely on the Bible as its own expositor, the only source upon which to establish faith as it introduces compelling insights regarding the message of the angel of Revelation 18. The message of this angel, the fourth angel's message, accompanied by the outpouring of the Latter Rain, represents God's final warning to the inhabitants of a planet destined for destruction. Yet at the same time, the message offers hope, a means of escape for all people that heed the Divine invitation to come out of Babylon. To follow up with questions about the contents of this book or its writer, e-mail questions or comments to: mail@powervisionministries.org.

The Indigenous nations of the valley of the Rio Grande that is now centered upon Ojinaga, Chihuahua, and Presidio, Texas—the La Junta valley in colonial times—had a long and unique history with Hispanics during the colonial period.Their valley was the initial route to New Mexico and West Texas explored by Spanish conquistadors in the 1500s. In the mid-1600s, the Juntans began engaging in long-distance migrant labor in Nueva Vizcaya, and in the 1680s they began inviting Franciscan missionaries and serving as important military allies to Hispanic troops.Yet for seventy-five years only the missionaries, without any Hispanic military or civilians, lived among them, due to both the remoteness of their valley from Hispanic settlements and the Juntans' insistence upon their autonomy. This is unique in Spanish colonial annals on the northern frontier of New Spain.This detailed research study adds much new information and many corrections to the rare previous studies.

%The dots of prophecy are the various beliefs, ideas, theories, views, schools of thought, etc. ascribed to what the imagery of Revelation 12, 13 and 17 including Daniel 7 mean among Christians today. Many become weary with the variety of seemingly confusing and disjointed views and are turned off and away from a serious investigation of apocalyptic symbolism the study of which is critical and necessary to understanding the everlasting gospel in its fullness.This book is a guide for individuals studying the imagery of Revelation and helps connect the dots between the dragon of chapter 12, the leopard-like beast of chapter 13, and the scarlet beast of chapter 17. The writer provides evidence that these three symbols are elements that help establish the profile of a killer, a modern day superpower as it developed in stages over time into the single most imposing religious system the world has ever known. A system one writer described as "a masterpiece of Satan's power--a monument of his efforts to seat himself upon the throne to rule the earth according to his will.”Please be warned. This book is not for everyone. It is written for Bereans – those among the believers who it can be said, like the saints of Berea in Paul’s day, “These were nobler than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” (Act 17:11) This study is for individuals who have been in the habit of searching the Bible for themselves and weighing evidence. It is for anyone who comes to the investigation of God's word with a contrite heart, a teachable and prayerful spirit.

In this gripping third installment of the Batiste saga, Dorian and Celeste navigate the complexities of power, love, and legacy as they expand their empire from New Orleans to the heart of Manhattan. Set against the backdrop of President Maria Batiste's final term in office, the couple faces new challenges that test their bond and reshape their future. From Grammy wins to groundbreaking business deals, Dorian and Celeste must balance their public success with private struggles, all while Celeste grapples with breaking free from her mysterious past. As they establish roots in New York City, the Batistes confront the demands of their growing empire, the weight of family expectations, and the pursuit of personal freedom. This thrilling continuation explores themes of duty, ambition, and the true meaning of partnership, culminating in a powerful testament to love, resilience, and the enduring spirit of the Batiste family.

Rejecting the orthodox economic model as an inappropriate representation of social reality, Robert Wright proposes an alternative adapted from Foucault's cultural theories. This new perspective leads him to conclude that, within the discipline of Canadian economics, theory should become gestalt rather than pure, methodology should become normative rather than positive, and policy should be directed towards the achievement of economic nationalism rather than continentalism.

Amalgamation is the merging of two distinct entities to become one solidified union of thought. Robert Wright and Saderia Carter have combined this brilliant collection of rhythmic poetry and prose that is inspiring, uplifting, thought-provoking, and real. Amalgamation will immerse you in thoughts and moods, love and sorrow, condemnation and happiness, leading you on a path to self-awareness, and opening up the world around you.

The Battle of Britain is a story of incomparable courage and romance, as the young pilots of the R.A.F Fighter Command withstood the tremendous challenge of the Luftwaffe. How strange, then, that the man who fashioned the victory, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding- then head of Fighter Command-was forced to relinquish his command less than two months after the battle won.

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