Tag: collective action
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Evolutionary logic of collective action (series)
In this series I explore how evolutionary theory might help to explain the origins and logic of collective action, and how it might inform the thinking and strategies of progressive change agents. This is the landing page for the series. You can bookmark it and check back for new posts, which I’ll be linking to…
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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 