Overview
"Byron Reese gets to the heart of what makes humans different from all others." —Midwest Book ReviewWhat makes the human mind so unique? And how did we get this way?
This fascinating tale explores the three leaps in our history that made us what we are—and will change how you think about our future.
Look around. Clearly, we humans are radically different from the other creatures on this planet. But why? Where are the Bronze Age beavers? The Iron Age iguanas? In Stories, Dice, and Rocks That Think, Byron Reese argues that we owe our special status to our ability to imagine the future and recall the past, escaping the perpetual present that all other living creatures are trapped in.
Envisioning human history as the development of a societal superorganism he names Agora, Reese shows us how this escape enabled us to share knowledge on an unprecedented scale, and predict—and eventually master—the future.
Thoughtful, witty, and compulsively readable, Reese unravels our history as an intelligent species in three acts:
A fresh new look at the history and destiny of humanity, readers will come away from Stories, Dice, and Rocks that Think with a new understanding of what they are—not just another animal, but a creature with a mastery of time itself.
The book, Stories, Dice, and Rocks That Think: How Humans Learned to See the Future--and Shape It [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781637741344 in Hardcover by Byron Reese may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Format:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
08/23/2022
ISBN-10:
1637741340
ISBN-13:
9781637741344
Pages:
304
Publisher:
BenBella Books
