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 ambitious: explaining the direction of evolution and human history-and discerning where history will lead us next. In Nonzero: 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.