Praise for Howard Bloom and GLOBAL BRAIN

"With this bold vision of evolution and human behavior, Bloom has raced ahead to explore possibilities that the timid scientific herd may well be forced to follow."--David Sloan Wilson, Coauthor of Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior

"Filled with scientific firsts."--Elizabeth Loftus, past president, American Psychological Society

"I doubt there is any stronger intellect than Bloom's on the planet."--Joseph Chilton Pierce

"A soaring song of songs about the amorous origins of the world and its almost medieval urge to copulate."--Kevin Kelly, Editor-at-Large, Wired

"A superbly written and totally original argument. . . . A must-read."--Robin Fox, coauthor of The Imperial Animal

"As someone who has spent forty years in psychology with a long-standing interest in evolution, I'll just assimilate Howard Bloom's accomplishment and my amazement."--David Smillie, Duke University

"Howard Bloom is next on a very short list that includes Darwin, Freud, Einstein, and Buckminster Fuller."--Richard Metzger

"Howard Bloom may be the new Stephen Hawking."--Aaron Hicklin, Gear

"You have not lived until you have interacted with Howard Bloom."--James Brody, organizer of the "Healing the Moral Animal" seminars

"Bloom's concept of collective information processing may startle skeptical readers with its explanatory power."--Publishers Weekly

"I am awestruck."--Douglas Rushkoff, author of Media Virus, Coercion, and Ecstasy Club

"...it is well written and well researched..." (Fortean Times)

Praise for Howard Bloom and GLOBAL BRAIN

" With this bold vision of evolution and human behavior, Bloom has raced ahead to explore possibilities that the timid scientific herd may well be forced to follow." – – David Sloan Wilson, Coauthor of Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior

" Filled with scientific firsts." – – ElizabethLoftus, past president, American Psychological Society

" I doubt there is any stronger intellect than Bloom’ s on the planet." – – Joseph Chilton Pierce

" A soaring song of songs about the amorous origins of the world and its almost medieval urge to copulate." – – Kevin Kelly, Editor-at-Large, Wired

" A superbly written and totally original argument. . . . A must-read." – – Robin Fox, coauthor of The Imperial Animal

" As someone who has spent forty years in psychology with a long-standing interest in evolution, I’ ll just assimil Bloom’ s accomplishment and my amazement." – – David Smillie, Duke University

" Howard Bloom is next on a very short list that includes Darwin, Freud, Einstein, and Buckminster Fuller." – – Richard Metzger

" Howard Bloom may be the new Stephen Hawking." – – Aaron Hicklin, Gear

" You have not lived until you have interacted with Howard Bloom." – – James Brody, organizer of the " Healing the Moral Animal" semina

" Bloom’ s concept of collective information processing may startle skeptical readers with its explanatory power." – – Publishers Weekly

" I amawestruck." – – Douglas Rushkoff, author of Media Virus, Coercion, and Ecstasy Clu

Now in paperback, this title introduces an up-and-coming theory in evolutionary biology, known as group selection, which argues that the prevailing theory of evolution is fundamentally flawed.

This book presents a new theory of evolution--a perennially popular concept.

Rushkoff, author of Media Virus, Coercion, and Ecstasy Clu

HOWARD BLOOM, author of the critically acclaimed book The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History, is a Visiting Scholar at New York University. He is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the National Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Society, the Academy of Political Science, and the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, as well as the founder of the International Paleopsychology Project. He has been written up in every edition of Who's Who in Science and Engineering since the publication's inception.

Prologue: Biology, Evolution, and the Global Brain.

Creative Nets in the Precambrian Era.

Networking in Paleontology's "Dark Ages".

The Embryonic Meme.

From Social Synapses to Social Ganglions: Complex Adaptive Systems in Jurassic Days.

Mammals and the Further Rise of Mind.

Threading a New Tapestry.

A Trip through the Perception Factory.

Reality Is a Shared Hallucination.

The Conformity Police.

Diversity Generators: The Huddle and the Squabble--Group Fission.

The End of the Ice Age and the Rise of Urban Fire.

The Weave of Conquest and the Genes of Trade.

Greece, Miletus, and Thales: The Birth of the Boundary Breakers.

Sparta and Baboonery: The Guesswork of Collective Mind.

The Pluralism Hypothesis: Athens' Underside.

Pythagoras, Subcultures, and Psycho-Bio-Circuitry.

Swiveling Eyes and Pivoting Minds: The Pull of Influence Attractors.

Outstretch, Upgrade, and Irrationality: Science and the Warps of Mass Psychology.

The Kidnap of Mass Mind: Fundamentalism, Spartanism, and the Games Subcultures Play.

Interspecies Global Mind.

Conclusion: The Reality of the Mass Mind's Dreams: Terraforming the Cosmos.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Acknowledgments.

Index.