In 2009, Elinor Ostrom won a Nobel Prize in Economics for her work studying groups that effectively stewarded shared resources for long-term sustainability. After an already esteemed career applying evolutionary science to all aspects of life, David Sloan Wilson worked with Ostrom to generalize these principles for designing cooperative groups in any endeavor, including evolving more conscious businesses and a more equitable, sustainable Conscious Capitalism.

It is widely understood that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to David Sloan Wilson, the Darwinian revolution won’t be truly complete until it is applied more broadly—to everything associated with the words “human,” “culture,” and “policy.”

David Sloan Wilson is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University. He applies evolutionary theory to all aspects of humanity in addition to the rest of life, both in his own research and as director of EvoS, a unique campus-wide evolutionary studies program that recently received NSF funding to expand into a nationwide consortium. His books include "Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society," "Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives," "The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time," "Does Altruism Exist? Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others" and in 2019 published both "This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution" alongside "PROSOCIAL: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable and Collaborative Groups."