{"product_id":"the-human-swarm-how-our-societies-arise-thrive-and-fall-9780465055685","title":"The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe epic story, ultimate big history, and \"remarkable intellectual achievement\" (\u003ci\u003eQuarterly Review of Biology\u003c\/i\u003e) describing how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles--or Borneo--with very little fear. Psychologists have done little to explain this: for years, they have held that our biology puts a hard upper limit--about 150 people--on the size of our social groups. But human societies are in fact vastly larger. How do we manage--by and large--to get along with each other? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this paradigm-shattering book, biologist Mark W. Moffett draws on findings in psychology, sociology and anthropology to explain the social adaptations that bind societies. He explores how the tension between identity and anonymity defines how societies develop, function, and fail. Surpassing \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Human Swarm \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how mankind created sprawling civilizations of unrivaled complexity--and what it will take to sustain them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark W. Moffett\u003c\/b\u003e is a biologist and research associate at the Smithsonian, and a visiting scholar in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He has also authored four books. Called a \"daring eco-adventurer\" by Margaret Atwood, his writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Science and Nature Writing\u003c\/i\u003e and he has been a regular guest on \u003ci\u003eThe Colbert Report\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConan\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e, and CBS \u003ci\u003eSunday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50324731330834,"sku":"9780465055685","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f51dab5a-93ae-4fb8-bcc3-c55b8a10f3b8.jpg?v=1727671708","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-human-swarm-how-our-societies-arise-thrive-and-fall-9780465055685","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}