Robert Wright is an American journalist and author whose work connects evolutionary psychology, religion, moral philosophy, politics, and international affairs. The Library of Congress authority record identifies him as Robert Wright, born in 1957; he is the Robert Wright represented by the preliminary record’s Wikidata identifier and portrait.
His books include Three Scientists and Their Gods, The Moral Animal, Nonzero, The Evolution of God, and Why Buddhism Is True. Across these works, Wright has considered how evolutionary forces, social cooperation, and religious ideas shape human behavior and history. He has also written for major American magazines and co-founded Bloggingheads.tv, an early online video-dialogue project.
Wright is editor-in-chief of NonZero, where he publishes and hosts conversations on world affairs, psychology, technology, and political polarization. His The Evolution of God was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist in General Nonfiction. NonZero states that he is working on a book about artificial intelligence and international cooperation.
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