psychology - Rhys Lindmark

Rhys Lindmark

psychology

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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

The WEIRDest People in the World

The cultural evolution of psychology is the dark matter that flows behind the scenes throughout history. Joseph Henrich is the world's leading scholar of cultural evolution. He released a brilliant book last week, The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous.