The Evolving Self: A Psychology for the Third Millennium

In the author's bestselling Flow, he introduced readers to a radical new theory of happiness. Now in The Evolving Self - his breakthrough sequel - he demonstrates how we can understand and overcome our evolutionary shortcomings. Premised on the idea that only through a reckoning with our evolutionary past can we build a stable, meaningful future, The Evolving Self covers the challenges associated with our cognitive evolutionary history; the distortions of reality we experience due to genes, culture, and our sense of self; and the central importance of "flow" from an evolutionary perspective as we look toward the future.

Erudite, perceptive, and insightful - and more important now than ever, as our consciousness is increasingly mediated by electronic devices - The Evolving Self is a timely resource for anyone looking to improve the world for ourselves and for generations to come.