Congratulations to Darwin alumnus Dr Jonathan Goodman on the forthcoming publication of his book, Invisible Rivals: How We Evolved to Compete In A Cooperative World, by Yale University Press.
The book, which will be published globally on 17th June, takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the blend of competition and cooperation at the heart of our humanity.
“Recent works in the human sciences have focused disproportionately on whether we are a cooperative or competitive – or even a good or bad – species,” says Jonathan. “Yet to me there isn’t a fundamental morality common to all people: we have the capacity, not instinct, to be moral – all that matters is how we use it.”
Jonathan completed his PhD at the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies in 2023, and is now a Research Associate at Cambridge Public Health.
