Wright uses the logic of game theory, as his primary rhetorical device — thus the title, Nonzero. Two kinds of games are recognized: zero-sum games, and non-zero-sum games.

Author: Robert Wright Essay Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny By Editor

Robert Wright has summarized his case for the inevitability of the rise of an intelligent, conscious, social species that achieves global dominance. In the jargon of the trade of speculative philosophy of history, this is what is known as necessity.

In day-to-day life, there all kinds of non-zero-sum games that people play. Robert Wright sees this as “the secret of life.”

In day-to-day life, there all kinds of non-zero-sum games that people play. Robert Wright sees this as "the secret...

Don Smith Bio Recent Essays Multiplying NonZero: Review of Robert Wright’s “Nonzero” Review of Antonio Damasio’s “Descartes Error”

Then, virtue (expertise) as a cognitive process is assessed relative to other cognitive processes through the lens of natural selection. Such accounts are widely covered in recent available work, and will be reviewed briefly (Krebs, 1998; Tremlin, 2006; Wright, 1994).

Jerry W. Shay, PhD, Codirector, Shay/Wright Laboratory, University of Texas Southwestern Vladimir P. Skulachev, ScD, Head, Department of Bioenergetics, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology

Artificial intelligence algorithms that fly F-16 fighter jets and autonomous systems delivering critical medical supplies in combat zones are among the cutting-edge technologies being developed by a Wright State University graduate whose journey began in Hamilton Hall.