A review by gasoline_allie
The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World by Nichola Raihani, Nichola Raihani

4.0

Very readable with many fascinating ideas. I enjoyed the "inside out" structure of the text, starting with cooperation within the genome and building to cooperation within societies. The one thing I disliked was the overuse of personification--ascribing needs, wants, intention, and decision-making skills where there aren't any, such as within a cell. The author even acknowledges it was a writing choice to help clarify ideas. I just thought it was overdone.