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Why Excess Regulation?
Our world consists of many coupled evolving systems, including systems of competing species, nations, political parties, firms, cultures, charities, and…
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How Weak Is Cultural Evolution?
World fertility decline seems the clearest example of a maladaptive cultural trend, as healthy biological species just don’t decline in times of plenty…
Jun 5
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We Must Change How We Source Morality
Consider three sources of opinions or habits:
Jun 3
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May 2026
Meta-Institutions Matter Most
This is an essay.
May 30
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The Elephant In The Op-ed
Most writing and talking embraces our usual illusions on human motives.
May 26
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Toward-Forager Predictions
In my last post I reported:
May 25
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Staying Like Foragers
For over ten millennia of the farming era, most folks saw themselves as tightly tied to small groups that lived in a largely alien and hostile world…
May 23
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Past & Future of Good & Evil
Sometime in the last few million years, our ancestors began to get better brains, use tools and weapons, speak language, and live in larger groups in a…
May 17
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The Return Of Culture
Capital, culture, and states are three key powers in the world.
May 12
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Four Culture Fixes
Humanity has broken its superpower of cultural evolution, at least at the level of large cultural units, the units that set our game theoretic…
May 8
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The Coming Hackastrophe
For years, cybersecurity experts have been warning about the chaos that highly capable hacking bots could usher in.
May 5
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On Politics And Governance
The key innovation that has powered the modern era is: organizations.
May 3
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