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Inside Humanity's Infinite Improbability Drive - Matt Ridley

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins was published at Oxford University. The Double Helix had an even bigger impact in that respect around the same time on me. But it was also Dawkins' insistence that we see the world from the genes point of view, because otherwise, how do we explain the simple fact that you're nicer to your relatives than strangers?

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