Mark Roeder writes about the powerful undercurrents and ideas that are reshaping the modern world, and is also the author of The Big Mo: Why Momentum Now Rules Our World. He draws on extensive global experience in digital technologies, systems, and consumer behavior as a former senior executive at UBS Bank, Zurich Financial Services, and Westpac Bank. He is now a consultant with Chicago-based David Hale Global Economics and a Delphi Fellow contributor to Big Think. He was born in London and divides his time between Europe and Australia.
Unnatural Selection paints a compelling picture of human
adaptability, identifying new traits within all of us that are
helping us to survive and succeed in a climate-controlled world
dominated by information. This is not just wishful thinking for
geekstechnology is changing the landscape of society, and Roeder
describes how humanity is changing along with it.”
Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of
Robopocalypse and Robogenesis
Everyone knows that the kinds of people that would have been
rejected as social outcasts in the 1950sthe shy science nerds,
persnickety math geeks, obsessive recluses who turned their
parents' garages into labshave transformed the way we live in the
past twenty years, quietly rising to positions of great power in
the process. In this provocative book, Mark Roeder explains how
they have become a social force driving a new kind of human
evolution.”
Steve Silberman, editor, Wired magazine
It is becoming evident that our great technical achievements have
far outstripped our capacity to evolve socially and emotionally,
leaving us unable to connect with ourselves and with others, lonely
yet terrified of true intimacy and lacking the tools to form
meaningful relationships. In Unnatural Selection, Mark Roeder has
brought scholarship and prescience to understanding this
dehumanizing challenge and in then finding a middle way’ to use
technology for our benefit and not be used by it. This is a most
important book for our times.”
Peter A Levine, PhD, bestselling author of Waking the Tiger:
Healing Trauma, and In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases
Trauma and Restores Goodness
Roeder’s excellent book is thought-provoking and enjoyableit
provides a fresh perspective on human progress.”
Simon Baron-Cohen, professor of developmental psychopathology,
University of Cambridge, UK, director of the Autism Research
Centre, and Fellow of Trinity College
An entertaining and engrossing read. Roeder smartly integrates
evolution, genetics and cognitive science to show how the rise of
the geek is inevitable and well under way. It’s a fabulous book
about human destiny.”
Rob Brooks, professor of evolutionary biology and prize-winning
author of Sex, Genes, and Rock ’n Roll: How Evolution Has Shaped
the Modern World
"A thoughtful, contemplative treatise told with wit and
wisdom."—Publishers Weekly
Unnatural Selection paints a compelling picture of human
adaptability, identifying new traits within all of us that are
helping us to survive and succeed in a climate-controlled world
dominated by information. This is not just wishful thinking for
geekstechnology is changing the landscape of society, and Roeder
describes how humanity is changing along with it.”
Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of
Robopocalypse and Robogenesis
Everyone knows that the kinds of people that would have been
rejected as social outcasts in the 1950sthe shy science nerds,
persnickety math geeks, obsessive recluses who turned their
parents' garages into labshave transformed the way we live in the
past twenty years, quietly rising to positions of great power in
the process. In this provocative book, Mark Roeder explains how
they have become a social force driving a new kind of human
evolution.”
Steve Silberman, editor, Wired magazine
It is becoming evident that our great technical achievements have
far outstripped our capacity to evolve socially and emotionally,
leaving us unable to connect with ourselves and with others, lonely
yet terrified of true intimacy and lacking the tools to form
meaningful relationships. In Unnatural Selection, Mark Roeder has
brought scholarship and prescience to understanding this
dehumanizing challenge and in then finding a middle way’ to use
technology for our benefit and not be used by it. This is a most
important book for our times.”
Peter A Levine, PhD, bestselling author of Waking the Tiger:
Healing Trauma, and In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases
Trauma and Restores Goodness
Roeder’s excellent book is thought-provoking and enjoyableit
provides a fresh perspective on human progress.”
Simon Baron-Cohen, professor of developmental psychopathology,
University of Cambridge, UK, director of the Autism Research
Centre, and Fellow of Trinity College
An entertaining and engrossing read. Roeder smartly integrates
evolution, genetics and cognitive science to show how the rise of
the geek is inevitable and well under way. It’s a fabulous book
about human destiny.”
Rob Brooks, professor of evolutionary biology and prize-winning
author of Sex, Genes, and Rock ’n Roll: How Evolution Has Shaped
the Modern World
"A thoughtful, contemplative treatise told with wit and
wisdom."—Publishers Weekly
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