cultural evolution - Rhys Lindmark

Rhys Lindmark

cultural evolution

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cultural evolution

Rewriting Genes Before DNA

I am currently writing a book titled What Information Wants [https://www.roote.co/what-information-wants]. It looks at how information flows have changed over history. It starts by looking at the past: how the big bang led to planet earth, how genetic DNA led to the tree of life, and

The Culture War Wants You

When the latest culture war clash (like Basecamp's apolitical manifesto) appears in your newsfeed, what does it feel like? Do you want to click it? Do you feel pulled towards it? If you're human, the answer is likely yes. This is because the information wants you

Medium-Message Fit

When a product is a good fit for the market's needs, we call it Product-Market Fit. The product Uber fit our needs to conveniently get around a city. In biological evolution, when genes are a good fit for the environment, we call it Gene-Environment Fit. The genes in

cultural evolution

Biology-Culture Fit

Biology-culture fit is the extent to which cultural adaptations fit onto our biological anchors. For example, we can't make biological ants believe in a Sun God. Ants' simple biology isn't a good anchor a complex culture. For another example, let's look at how

Book Review: Cultural Evolution

> More than 45 years ago, I argued in The Silent Revolution that "A transformation may be taking place in the political culture of advanced industrial societies. This transformation seems to be altering the basic value priorities of given generations as a result of changing conditions influencing their basic

Post-WEIRD Nacirema Psychology

> From 2000-2200, the customs of the Nacirema [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacirema] tribe shifted considerably. At the start of the 21st century, they were leaders of a pan-capitalist ideological superstructure. But as the decades unfurled, their monolithic stature dissipated into the Networked Human Organism. > Their Industrial Age