Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figure

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Our Genes and Ourselves

1.1 Outline of the Chapters

1.2 Massive IQ Gains Over Time

1.3 The Dickens/Flynn Model

1.4 Measuring Something New

Chapter 2. Genes and Cognitive Progress

2.1 Jensen’s Method

2.2 The Conceptual Foundations of the Method

2.3 The Method in Practice

2.4 Summary Judgment

Appendix A (Primarily for Specialists)

Chapter 3. Dysgenics and Eugenics

3.1 Pol Pot and Cambodia

3.2 Reproductive Patterns

3.3 Race and Immigration

Chapter 4. Genes and Moral Progress

4.1 Our Genetic Inheritance

4.2 The Omnipresent Decline of Violent Behavior

4.3 Cognitive Progress and Moral Progress

4.4 Progress at Risk

Chapter 5. Genes and Individual Differences

5.1 Aging and Family Environment

5.2 The New Method

5.3 The Method Applied

5.4 Decline of Family Environment

5.5 Making Your Own Luck

5.6 IQ Gains Vindicated

Appendix B (Primarily for Specialists)

Chapter 6. Frozen Minds