The Selfish Ape
By Nicholas P Money
Reaktion Books, 152pp, £14.99/$20
Nicholas Money’s new book, subtitled Human Nature and Our Path to Extinction, has a stark message for mankind. No matter who you are – “celebrity or peasant” – your life is meaningless; any achievement you make, whether it’s a bestselling book or sporting achievement in front of millions, will soon be forgotten and we probably have about 30 more years before the Earth becomes, in many places, uninhabitable. And forget about aliens coming to rescue us any time soon, as the likelihood is that they’ve already destroyed themselves or their planet with misuse of their own technology.
