Praise for A Theory of Everyone
‘A Theory of Everyone flavorfully mixes a stunning breadth of scholarship with an impressive knowledge of pop-culture and current issues, boldly going where most social scientists fear to tread. Lucidly discussing ideas surrounding IQ, race, sex differences, inheritance taxes, religion, Microsoft and even monogamy, readers are treated to a fascinating intellectual flight that thoughtfully offers many new perspectives on old issues. Buckle up!’
Joseph Henrich, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University and author of The WEIRDest People in the World and The Secret of Our Success
‘The best book I've read in a decade. A sprightly page-turner that entertains with specifics, astonishes with universals, and reframes the big issues facing humanity’
Robert Klitgaard, author of Controlling Corruption and Tropical Gangsters
‘Buzzing with ideas, A Theory of Everyone encourages us to rethink what it is to be human. A compelling and essential read for anyone interested in building a better, more sustainable future’
David Bodanis, author of The Art of Fairness
‘There is a truly wonderful idea at the heart of this book: that by exchanging things and thoughts, human beings became capable of doing and knowing far more than their meagre brains would have otherwise made possible. It is not an entirely new idea, but Michael Muthukrishna explores its extraordinary and hopeful implications with rich and thrilling energy’
Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything
‘Do you know your own species? You might think so, but Muthukrishna will make you think again. With clarity, humor, and energy, he opens new vistas on how genes and cultures shaped who we are and how we can improve our lives together. A Theory of Everyone is for everyone’
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Chauncey Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics, Duke University, author of Think Again: How to Reason and Argue
‘A Theory of Everyone uses the latest social science research to answer the critical question of how all human communities can be made to work better. Magisterial in scope and practical in application, this book should be required reading for CEOs, community organisers, head teachers, and Presidents’
Jamie Heywood, CEO of zolar and former head of Uber, Northern & Eastern Europe
‘A Theory of Everyone is your guide to some of the most important advances in the social sciences, written by a foremost researcher, beautifully illustrated, and positively overflowing with fascinating facts and ideas’
Erez Yoeli, Director, Applied Cooperation Initiative, MIT, co-author of Hidden Games
‘Michael brings the reader up to date on this powerful theoretical framework – including much of his own innovative work on corruption, cooperation, and collective intelligence – and thoughtfully discusses how this framework can be applied to address pressing societal issues, ranging from diversity to taxation to free speech’
Moshe Hoffman, Visiting Lecturer on Economics, Harvard University, co-author of Hidden Games
‘This book, which I read with great fascination, shows how we can move beyond neoclassical economics with a firmer foundation in the natural sciences and energy. This is extremely important as the world soon, and Europe now, increasingly faces critical energy shortages. I hope this book helps more people understand the critical importance of energy in generating our current affluence, and its diminution as a probable root cause of future inflation. A failure to understand these relations is likely to cause our societies to become impossible to govern’
Charles Hall, ESF Foundation Distinguished Professor at State University of New York, inventor of the EROI metric & author of Energy and the Wealth of Nations