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The Case of the Sexual Cosmos

Everything You Know About Nature is Wrong

Howard Bloom

The Case of the Sexual Cosmos: Everything You Know About Nature is Wrong is a book about why two of science’s most cherished assumptions are wrong and what sex has to do with it. not to mention, what sex tells us about the universe. and about your role in it.

It’s the story of greening a planet of disaster and strife.

It’s a tale of transformation. It’s the tale of the uplift of a toxic planet, a poison pill of stone. It’s the saga of how the first teaspoon of life and its children overcame 142 mass extinctions. It’s the story of the savagery of non-stop climate change. But it’s the story of more than a mere struggle for survival.

It’s the story of how life harnessed disaster. It’s the story of how life poisoned the atmosphere. Then how life invented a way to turn that poison into a power source: oxygen. It’s the story of how life wrenched, wounded, and ate its environment of stone to create something radically unnatural-nature.

It’s the tale of how an upstart macromolecular team upped the GAL, the gross amount of life, the gross amount of living matter, on this planet. Not to mention the GAS. The gross amount of spirit. The gross amount of sentience. The gross amount of soul.

“The Case of the Sexual Cosmos is engaging, enjoyable, and compelling.” Conrad Labandeira, Research Scientist, Smithsonian Institution

“A massive achievement! A gigantic achievement. WOW!” Richard Foreman, MacArthur Genius Award winner, officer of the French Academy of Arts and Letters, founder Ontological Hysteric Theater Company

“The Case of the Sexual Cosmos is a triumph. I particularly enjoyed the way Bloom’s writing mirrored the content: full of surprises, unexpected connections, complexifying outcomes. I look forward to reading it again. And again!” James Burke, creator of seven BBC-TV science series including the classic Connections

“Howard Bloom makes a forceful and interesting argument that our understanding of nature is wrong. He argues that we are not savaging the earth as some would have it, but instead are growing the cosmos. A fascinating read.” Ellen Langer, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, author of Mindfulness

“I believe The Case of the Sexual Cosmos is a masterwork. It captures wonderfully the elements of cosmic self-organization. At last a popular book that brings you a magisterial command of the disciplines, yet is optimistic about the human future.” Gregory Matloff, Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, Advisor to Yuri Milner’s Breakthrough Initiative Project Starshot, author of Biosphere Extensions

“Bloom’s writing is like getting tickled by a goddess. Invigorating and all consuming. A timely salve for all the doomers on X, an inspiration and a handbook. I look forward to savoring parts every day.” Nando Pelusi, co-founder of the Applied Evolutionary Psychology Society (AEPS), board of advisers of the National Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapists

“I loved Sexual Cosmos! ‘With typical flair and clarity, The Case of the Sexual Cosmos effortlessly overturned some fundamental ideas I’d allowed myself to take for granted. With no less than current scientific orthodoxy in his sights, Bloom makes a very convincing, long overdue, and welcome argument against the ubiquity of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and the Heat Death of the universe! As refreshing as a cold shower in a dog-eat-hot dog world, where existential, apocalyptic thinking holds sway, The Case of the Sexual Cosmos offers a paean to Nature’s relentless invention and profligacy, and a timely reminder that ‘doing the impossible’ lies at the heart of so many of Life’s greatest successes. The author’s rigorously argued case for a First Law of Flamboyance offers a bracing and delightful alternative to a prevailing nihilism. Another paradigm-shifting, world-changing read from Howard Bloom, the polymath’s polymath!” Grant Morrison, revitalizer of Batman and Superman at DC Comics. Executive Producer of the Universal TV series Happy and Peacock’s Brave New World

“As a tree-hugging dirt worshipper, I don’t take kindly to whiz-bang. Yet by the time I reached Bloom’s defense of space solar power, as an option for getting to net zero, I trusted him enough to consider it—to view it as part of a continuum of climate stabilization measures (starting with furs and fire) rather than a radical departure from what “nature” has ordained.

“I applaud Bloom’s efforts to pull us humans—and our propensity for fucking up stunningly—out of Greta Thunberg’s (and others’) joy-free self-hate machine. We can’t prove that we’re awful; nor can we prove that we’re awesome. But how many more miracles might we open our eyes to if we chose—as Bloom does—to tell the latter story?