I would push back on this. Greenspan was by all accounts a person who thought that he was benefiting the common good with his economic policies. Likewise, Objectivism appeals to legions of optimistic young people at the dawn of their adult lives because it appeals to their....

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...unlimited sense of possibility. The problem with Objectivism is that it permutes good intentions into harmful consequences. In AtlasHugged.world, Objectivism is portrayed as the morality of the cancer cell. If cancer cells could talk, they would say "Look how fast we...

Everyone hungry for positive social change should read this @tvolmag series of conversations that I organized with support from @KauffmanFDN. evolution-institute.org/third-way/. Its thesis is amazingly simple: Forget about laissez faire and centralized planning--the only way to ...(1/9) ...accomplish positive social change is by a process of cultural evolution in which all three ingredients--the target of selection, variation oriented around the target, and replication of best practices, are managed with systemic goals in mind. Each conversation...(2/9)

1) "Cooperation pays" is no theory at all. First, cooperation often doesn't pay. Second, when it does pay, theory is required to explain why it has a net advantage over non-cooperation. Every theory of social evolution must posit a population structure to answer this question...

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2) ...Why? Because social behaviors are invariably expressed in groups that are small compared to the evolving population. And please don't portray me as if I am the Lone Ranger! For the importance of cultural group selection, including the national scale, read Richerson/Boyd...

1) How to cope with the pandemic in five easy steps. First, let's step inside your head. What really matters to you about how to respond to the pandemic? What are the values and emotions you want to preserve? Perhaps what you think looks like this. 2) Now let's step into the outside world. What should you be doing to live in line with the values you just expressed. How would you act on your beliefs and values? Perhaps your thoughts look something like this.

1) For @Noahpinion who wants to know "What the heck is group selection?" To motivate you, it is the future foundation of economics. Here it is in the space of a few tweets. @EvonomicsMag @econnaturalist @EricBeinhocker @yaneerbaryam @BretWeinstein @hangingnoodles @NickHanauer... 2) At first, Darwin thought his theory could explain all examples of design attributed to a creator. Gradually he realized that his theory could not explain prosocial adaptations--anything oriented toward the welfare of others or one's group as a whole...

1) In preparation for my discussion with @BretWeinstein on group selection, I have been making accessible background material available on @tvolmag so that our audience can be well informed. @JonHaidt @EricBeinhocker @NickHanauer @EvoInstitute @CulturalEvolSoc @HumBehEvoSoc ... 2) How Darwin was the first to perceive the need for group selection to explain the evolution of social adaptations. Especially fascinating are the revisions in successive editions of Origin of Species that reflect his increasing awareness: evolution-institute.org/was-darwin-a-g…...