The book is a pleasing read, as Wright has a gift for turning a phrase. He presents an audacious thesis with humility, humor, and respect. He taps into the second by claiming to recognize a basic pattern in the evolution of life and of human culture. The primary reason Non Zero may be of interest to Meta readers, is that it offers fresh thoughts about an issue of importance to religion, an issue that has dropped off the radar screen of modern culture, the issue of teleology. Teleology has suffered mightily at the hands of science.
Darwinian evolution is a core dogma of modern science.
It is a dogma that severely undermines teleology. To ask about the purpose of life is to ask a meaningless question. Life evolved over a very long period as the unplanned result of random events. Life is an accident. Those who seek a pattern, a purpose, or a meaning, are involved in a futile and misguided effort.