Peter Russell is the author of the new book, Forgiving Humanity: How the Most Innovative Species Became the Most Dangerous. Peter is the widely acclaimed author of The Global Brain and other pioneering works. He earned an honors degree in theoretical physics and psychology as well as a masters degree in computer science at the University of Cambridge. He subsequently went to India where he explored meditation and Eastern philosophy, and was one of the first people to introduce personal development programs to corporations in the 1970s.