The primary purpose of this book is to explore and present fundamental principles and truths which are universal and apply to and throughout substantially everything. Having stated such an expansive purpose, the mission does need to be somewhat further qualified.
Physicists have undertaken to understand and explain everything about the entire universe, including what actually comprises the entire universe. Excellent and fairly sustained progress is being made, but we are sure that we do not yet comprehend it all. We do know quite a lot and have benefited greatly by utilizing that knowledge to dramatically improve human life.
This book primarily deals with the "universe" of all thinking, reasoning individuals, including their interactions, their institutions and their societies. All of that universe exists inside the physicists' entire universe, and is therefore completely subject to all of the laws that the physicists have discovered. The most important things that have happened over the past million years or so are examined and projected into the future.
Most often, books and courses focus on some specific area of study. However, virtually everything interacts with everything else, and certain fundamental principles underlie everything as well. The purpose here is to pull back with a wide-angle lens, focus on the big picture and understand how the whole mess functions under the governance of the laws and principles.
Some characterizations of Everything are:
- Ruthlessly dispatches BS and confusion about everything.
- Amazing scope and unique perspective: from the beginning of the universe on into the future.
- Many disparate topics; all turn out to be important to human civilization.
- Advocates rational thinking and provides useful examples.
- Not just important questions, but also important answers.
- Recipes for a peaceful, prosperous society that maximizes freedom and happiness.
- A massively comprehensive work of scholarship.
- If you agree, you'll love it; if you don't agree, you need it.
- Don't start a new civilization without a copy of Everything as your instruction manual.
- Strong medicine! You'll be glad you took it.
- Everything important that occurred over the last million years or so.
- If you haven't been doing much thinking lately, Everything is an enjoyable way to reboot and get up to speed quickly.
- The human race from beginning to end.
