The first book in the series…
An Old School Hipster’s Guide to the Universal Truths.. and then some
A plainspoken, irreverent tour of what science says about where we come from, from our shared African roots to the steady rise of human consciousness.
A Work in Progress
…in a self correcting process
Bodhi “lil’ bit” Moore
If you’ve ever bitten your tongue to avoid an argument about religion and science, this book is for you.
We’ve believed some truly silly things.
Humans have believed the earth was flat and the center of everything. We’ve burned “witches” and blamed disease on evil spirits. Most of those ideas survived because they felt like common sense and questioning them could get you hurt.
Racism is one of the leftovers. Scientists have known for around 150 years, and DNA now confirms it, that every human being traces back to the same cradle in Africa. Our “races” are social constructs, just some stuff we made up. Yet we still sort ourselves into tribes, and the people paying the price keep paying it.
“Racism is equivalent to flat Earth theory.”
A progress report on the human(e) species.
A Work in Progress is a progress report on the human(e) species. Bodhi Moore walks you through the evidence: our common ancestry, how religion and science each claim to explain how we got here, and why he believes both are pointing in the same direction, up. He adds history the schools skipped, like the Golden Age of Islam, and the stories we’ve been told about who discovered what.
He doesn’t ask you to take his word for it. He asks you to check it, and to tell him where he got it wrong.
Because it’s a work in progress. So is he. So are we.
Six ideas you’ll take with you.
The stuff that should have been in the schoolbooks. Told with humor and a little soul.
Why everyone outside Africa is, technically, an immigrant
The fossil record and DNA point to the same Cradle of Humanity, and it changes the question “where are you from?”
You were told there are separate races. Wrong.
Climate, food, and altitude and latitude explain why we look different, and none of it adds up to separate races.
Einstein’s “biggest blunder,” and why it’s the best reason to trust science
Even he got it wrong, and the system corrected him anyway.
The truth about who “discovered” it first
The Babylonians, Vikings, and Koreans all beat the names in your textbook by centuries.
What Darwin and the mystics agree on
One explains the evolution of our bodies, the other the ascension of our minds, and they’re pointing the same direction.
Plus: catch the author’s mistakes and he may quote you
Bodhi admits he played fast and loose with some details, and he wants your help getting them right.
A Work in Progress
…in a self correcting process
Bodhi “lil’ bit” Moore
It’s free, it’s short, and it might change the way you see where you come from.
No paywall, no account, no follow-up spam. Just the full ebook in your inbox the moment you ask for it. Read it in an afternoon, argue with it all week, and tell Bodhi where he got it wrong.