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This book argues that despite the many real advantages that
industrial modernity has yielded-including large gains in wealth,
longevity, and (possibly) happiness-it has occurred together with
the appearance of a variety of serious problems. Chief among these
are probable losses in subjective existential purpose and increases
in psychopathology. A highly original theory of the ultimate basis
of these trends is advanced, which unites prior work in
psychometrics and evolutionary science. This theory builds on the
social epistasis amplification model to argue that genetic and
epigenetic changes in modernizing and modernized populations,
stemming from shifts in selective pressures related to
industrialization, have lowered human fitness and wellness.
This book argues that despite the many real advantages that
industrial modernity has yielded-including large gains in wealth,
longevity, and (possibly) happiness-it has occurred together with
the appearance of a variety of serious problems. Chief among these
are probable losses in subjective existential purpose and increases
in psychopathology. A highly original theory of the ultimate basis
of these trends is advanced, which unites prior work in
psychometrics and evolutionary science. This theory builds on the
social epistasis amplification model to argue that genetic and
epigenetic changes in modernizing and modernized populations,
stemming from shifts in selective pressures related to
industrialization, have lowered human fitness and wellness.
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