The Origin of Politics
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The Origin of Politics
| Full title | The Origin of Politics: How Evolution and Ideology Shape the Fate of Nations |
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| Author | Nicholas Wade |
| Published | 2025 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Wade’s argument that political ideologies compete against an older set of rules for organizing human society — family, tribe, and inherited social structure — and lose when they ignore them. |
Where I heard about it
- @herandrews — posted on X that “Science writer Nicholas Wade states the blunt truth,” quoting his claim that a given institutional arrangement is a “radical experiment unprecedented in human history” with “unknown consequences” (September 2025).
Connections
- Ideological Family Tree — the book’s subject: where political programs come from and what constrains them.
- People Over Politics — human social structure as prior to political structure.
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.