A Brief History of Everything

A Brief History of Everything
by Ken Wilber

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Author: Ken Wilber
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Published: 2007-03-27
ISBN: 1590304500
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: Shambhala

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Book Review: Who heard of holons?
Summary: 1 Stars

I just couldn't get through this book. By trying to claim this was about everything, it covered nothing, save perhaps new age woo.

I knew it was going to be bad when he made up a new word for a meaningless concept. He claims that everything is both a whole, onto itself, and a part of something larger, called a "holon". I admit I have a pet peeve against authors that make up new words because they are not aware that other people have perfect good words that mean the same thing.

He completely lost me, and I am certain many intelligent people who know anything at all about Biology, when he said that very few theorist believe in Darwin's theory about chance mutation and natural selection. (Page 20, he really said that!) Yes, yes, we do. And if he wants to propose an alternative hypothesis (in science it doesn't get to be called a theory until after you prove it) then he better have some extraordinary new evidence, because natural selection IS the generally accepted theory.

Just like the Heliocentric theory (that the Earth goes around the Sun, not vice versa) is currently the generally accepted theory. Yes, I am sure it is a theory, not a fact or a law.

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This account of men and women's place in a universe of sex and gender, self and society, spirit and soul is written in question-and-answer format, making it both readable and accessible. Wilber offers a series of original views on many topics of current controversy, including the gender wars, multiculturalism, modern liberation movements, and the conflict between various approaches to spirituality.

In a breathtaking trip from the Big Bang to the Postmodern world we inhabit, Ken Wilber examines the universe and our place in it, and comes up with an accessible and entertaining account of how it all fits together. Along the way he sheds light not only on the great cosmic questions but on various contentious issues of our day, such as changing gender roles, environmentalism, diversity and multiculturalism, even the meaning of the Internet. A Brief History of Everything is the perfect introduction to the great Integral thinker at his wise and witty best.

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