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Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time
Little Brown and Company
September 2011
On Sale: August 24, 2011
488 pages
ISBN: 0316037672
EAN: 9780316037679
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
After decades studying creatures great and small,
evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson had an epiphany:
Darwin's theory won't fully prove itself until it improves
the quality of human life in a practical sense. And what
better place to begin than his hometown of Binghamton, New
York? Making a difference in his own city would provide a
model for cities everywhere, which have become the habitat
for over half of the people on earth. Inspired to become an agent of change, Wilson descended on
Binghamton with a scientist's eye and looked at its toughest
questions, such as how to empower neighborhoods and how best
to teach our children. He combined the latest research
methods from experimental economics with studies of holiday
decorations and garage sales. Drawing upon examples from
nature as diverse as water striders, wasps, and crows,
Wilson's scientific odyssey took him around the world, from
a cave in southern Africa that preserved the dawn of human
culture to the Vatican in Rome. Along the way, he spoke with
dozens of fellow scientists, whose stories he relates along
with his own. Wilson's remarkable findings help us to understand how we
must become wise managers of evolutionary processes to
accomplish positive change at all scales, from effective
therapies for individuals, to empowering neighborhoods, to
regulating the worldwide economy. With an ambitious scope that spans biology, sociology,
religion, and economics, The Neighborhood Project is a
memoir, a practical handbook for improving the quality of
life, and an exploration of the big questions long pondered
by religious sages, philosophers, and storytellers.
Approaching the same questions from an evolutionary
perspective shows, as never before, how places define us.
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