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The Many Faces of Cognitive Immunology

Viewing minds through the lens of cognitive immunology can reveal antidotes to misinformation, disinformation, and information chaos.

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By David Sloan Wilson In History

Facing the Dark History of Evolutionary Science: The Role of the Individual in Learning How to Evolve on Purpose

In this talk, I will explain the key but largely unknown scientific error made by Francis Galton and how profoundly it has distorted our world to the present day.

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By Ed Gibney In Psychology

Evolving My View on Mental Immunity

After initially accepting the metaphor of mental immunity as a useful gift from a cherished friend, my more deeply ingrained worldview now appears to be casting doubts upon it.

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Business Economy History

Ten Thousand Years of the Third Way: A Conversation with Peter Turchin

Our emergence as a species and the last ten thousand years of human history demonstrates…

Peter Turchin, David Sloan Wilson
November 17, 2022

PROSOCIAL

Introducing the Prosocial Commons Book Club

The only thing more pleasurable and instructive than reading a good book on your own…

David Sloan Wilson
October 31, 2022

Conferences & Workshops Webinar

What Happened to Selfish Genes?

Dawkins himself calls Agren's book "the most thorough reading of the relevant literature that I have…

David Sloan Wilson
October 26, 2022

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Biology History

The Six Legacies of Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson, who passed away at the age of 92 on December 26, 2021,…

David Sloan Wilson
January 5, 2022

Environment

A Climate of Change: To Combat Global Warming, We Need to Break the Law

We must become law-breakers to respond to the climate emergency. Human-induced climate warming has already…

A.C. Grayling
December 15, 2021

Environment Politics

Evolutionary Mismatch, Partisan Politics, and Climate Change: A Tragedy in Three Acts

Climate change is the quintessential Tragedy of the Commons problem of our time. But there…

Helen Camakaris
December 9, 2021

Environment

The Anthropocene: A Shock in the Evolutionary History of the Earth System

How can we turn around this trajectory towards a catastrophic future?

Will Steffen
December 2, 2021

Environment

The Nexus Between Evolution and Climate Change: Introduction

Over the past decades, it has become clear that climate change presents an existential risk…

Helen Camakaris, James Dyke
November 17, 2021

Politics Psychology

Will to Fight for the Future Can’t Be Bought

Only by understanding the psychology of sacred values can we predict the willingness to sacrifice…

Scott Atran
October 28, 2021

Anthropology

National Parochialism is Ubiquitous Around the World

In an ever-increasing globalized world, cooperation with foreign citizens becomes vital to deal with important…

Angelo Romano
October 5, 2021

Biology Economy

Stewarding the Cultural Evolution of Complex Systems: The Case of Regenerative Agriculture

A conversation with Prof. Nicholas R. Jordan, founder of Forever Green which is one of…

David Sloan Wilson, Nicholas R. Jordan
October 4, 2021

Culture

The False Tropes of Darwinism and a New Narrative of Prosocial Evolution

The narrative of Darwinism on television programs is portrayed almost exclusively in a negative light.…

Eric Michael Johnson
September 26, 2021

Anthropology Gender

Same-Sex Sexual Behavior in Chimpanzees Challenge Our Gendered Biases About Evolution

The big question is, how did we manage to miss these behaviors in chimpanzees for…

Michelle Rodrigues
September 15, 2021

Anthropology Culture

New Funding Opportunities to Address Hot Topics in Cultural Evolution

Researchers of cultural evolution may leverage this understanding to enable them to predict (and potentially intervene) in…

Rachel L. Kendal
September 8, 2021

Biology History

Remembering Richard Lewontin: A Tribute From a Student Who Never Got to Meet Him

We have lost one of the twentieth century’s deepest thinkers whose work will have a…

Madhusudan Katti
July 5, 2021

Business

Agile as a Case Study of Cultural Multilevel Selection: A Conversation with Laurent Alt

Multilevel Selection (MLS) is a theoretical framework that originated for the study of genetic evolution…

Laurent Alt, David Sloan Wilson
May 12, 2021

Biology Evolutionary Psychology

Why Is A Polo Shirt Like A Peacock’s Tail?

Life history theory suggests that displays of luxury items provide signals with social goals.

Daniel J. Kruger
April 20, 2021

Biology History

Ronald Fisher Is Not Being ‘Cancelled’, But His Eugenic Advocacy Should Have Consequences

How should we remember scientists that altered our conception of the natural world but who…

Eric Michael Johnson
April 12, 2021

Biology

Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science: Past, Present, and Future

Evolution is inherently a contextual science. Species are shaped by aspects of their environments that…

David Sloan Wilson, Steven C. Hayes
April 7, 2021

Biology

Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science: Psychopathology and Behavior Change

https://youtu.be/AOSvkCxSZmM In this final discussion, it was striking how different the perspectives were between evolutionary…

David Sloan Wilson, Steven C. Hayes
April 7, 2021

Humanities

Turning Fiction Into Reality: A Conversation with Stuart Libman

Fiction has a way of communicating a moral ideal better than dry intellectual prose.

David Sloan Wilson
March 17, 2021

History Humanities

Greek Democracy as a Major Evolutionary Transition: A Conversation with Josiah Ober

The 1970s marked a conceptual breakthrough in evolutionary biology that was beyond Darwin’s imagination. Individual…

Josiah Ober, David Sloan Wilson
March 11, 2021

PROSOCIAL

Introducing Prosocial World to the World

Darwin’s 212th birthday is a good time to introduce Prosocial World (PW), a new organization…

David Sloan Wilson
February 12, 2021

Biology Psychology

Martin Luther Rewired Your Brain

Your brain has been altered, neurologically re-wired as you acquired a particular skill. This renovation…

Joseph Henrich
February 9, 2021

Business Psychology

Does Competition Increase Trust?

Research shows that when a person moves into a more competitive industry their trust tends…

Joseph Henrich
February 2, 2021

Biology

Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science: Small Groups

Prosociality requires not just figuring out what’s prosocial within the group, but also how a…

David Sloan Wilson
January 29, 2021

Psychology Sociology

Why Immigration Drives Innovation

U.S. immigration is but one example of how the interactions of many diverse minds—our collective…

Joseph Henrich
January 26, 2021

Biology

Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science: Behavioral and Physical Health

Many social and personal problems are adaptive in the evolutionary sense of the word, but…

David Sloan Wilson
January 22, 2021

Economy

My Advice to an Aspiring Economist: Don’t Be an Economist

Climate change, collapsing ecosystems, savage wealth inequality, tech monopolies, and the growing precarity of livelihoods…

David Bollier
January 19, 2021

Biology Business

Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science: Organizational Development

Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel Prize by creating a database of common-pool resource groups from…

David Sloan Wilson
January 15, 2021

Podcast

Atlas Hugged and Our Moment of Choice, with Kurt Johnson

Kurt Johnson wears many hats--a distinguished evolutionary biologist, a leader of the Interspiritual Movement, an authority on the…

David Sloan Wilson
January 14, 2021

Podcast

Atlas Hugged and the Nature of Fiction, with Brian Boyd

We discuss Atlas Hugged and Brian's biography-in-progress of the legendary philosopher of science, Karl Popper,…

David Sloan Wilson
January 14, 2021

Podcast

Atlas Hugged and Catalyzing Positive Change in the Real World, with David Korten

David Korten is the renowned futurist, author of When Corporations Rule the World and The Great Turning among many other…

David Sloan Wilson
January 14, 2021

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