Tag: David Sloan Wilson
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Immigration: anatomy of a progressive narrative | Evolutionary logic of collective action pt.IV
Last week during a debate with Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at George Washington University, Governor Howard Dean offered a compelling narrative about immigration in the United States: I don’t believe we ought to demonize people who are trying to do the best they can… How many people in this hall have…
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War, xenophobia and other downsides to group selection | Evolutionary logic pt.II
“the good, the bad, the beautiful and the ugly” If anyone managed to come away from Part I: Humans: not just selfish with an overly sentimental view of human nature, this post will rob you of that delusion. Yes, we humans have a remarkably developed faculty for cooperation and group-oriented behavior, in comparison to most…
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Humans: not just selfish | Evolutionary logic of collective action pt.I
“not a joiner” The other day I met up with my friend Mike at a coffee shop here in Providence, RI. Mike is an adjunct history professor at a local community college. Across the country, there are a lot more adjunct professors today than there were ten years ago, and there are a lot fewer…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 