Description: This exciting new book by the author of the critically acclaimed Lucifer Principle introduces the public to the highly controversial theory of "group selection." As Howard Bloom highlights in this captivating account of the evolution of life on Earth -- from the first microbes to the rapid expansion of the Internet -- communications and cooperation among groups have been at least as important as the fierce competition that Darwin emphasized. The theory of group selection portrays life on earth as one macro-community of symbiant organisms working together for the benefit of all. Viewed from this perspective, the network of life on Earth is akin to a giant "global brain" in which each organism is a functional part, and of which the world Wide Web is only the most recent evolutionary step. Writing in his charismaticaly engaging and colorful style, Howard Bloom offers unforgettable descriptions of the life processes at work in everything from the growth of microbes to the dynamics of public opinion.

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