Evolution
Carcinisation
A non-blinded study
The Long View: On the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith and his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations [Amazon link] often serves as a shorthand for current opinions in economics that favor lighter, or even no regulations on economic activity. That isn’t wholly unwarranted, but it is also worth trying to appreciate
The Long View 2007-03-30: Human Nature, Human Rights, Iranian Motives, Goodbye Bees
This is a fun one: I hadn’t remember that John J. Reilly referenced Greg Cochran and John Hawks in 2007.
John also mentions a fairly standard criticism of any attempt to understand human behavior in terms of evolution, the Just So Stories of Kipling. It is sometimes true that
Radioactive Evolution Book Review
Radioactive Evolution: A Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic Adventure
by Richard Hummel
Hummel Books (November 15, 2018)
ASIN B07KLMTZBW
I received a complimentary review copy of this book from bookpublicityservices.com
Richard Hummel’s Radioactive Evolution is now the third or fourth variant [depending on what counts] on the relatively new LitRPG category
The Ringworld Engineers Book Review
The Ringworld Engineers
by Larry Niven
Del Rey (1980)
354 pages
ISBN 0-345-26009-0
Alternative title: Louis Wu gets Busy
While not quite the crowning achievement of Ringworld, this is a solid scifi book that explores the concept of human evolution, using the Ring to expand the space of possibilities.
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