Human Nature

Conventional Wisdom Holds That The Murder Rate Has Plummeted Since The Middle Ages; Humankind Is Growing More Peaceful And Enlightened; Man Is Shortly To Be Much Improved -- Better Genes, Better Neural Circuits, Better Biochemistry; And We Are Approaching A Technological Singularity That Will Usher In Utopia. Human Nature Eviscerates These And Other Doctrines Of A Contemporary Nihilism Masquerading As Science. In This Wide-ranging Work Polymath David Berlinski Draws Upon History, Mathematics, Logic, And Literature To Retrain Our Gaze On An Old Truth Many Are Eager To Forget: There Is And Will Be About The Human Condition Beauty, Nobility, And Moments Of Sublime Insight, Yes, But Also Ignorance And Depravity. Men Are Not About To Become Like Gods.