Abstract:
In this one-of-a-kind book, the author takes the reader through the evolutionary progression from the single celled protozoan to the complex multi-cellular human detailing how even in the lowliest of organisms, we could see the beginnings of intelligence. His main thesis is that humans should not compete on the basis of merit because merit is a biased measure normally distributed in the population on any given measure by virtue of people’s genetic compositions. He argues that rewarding on merit is rewarding for just being born. Society should therefore steer off the reward and punishment path based on merit.