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As behavioral economics continues to evolve, it would profit from adopting an even broader interdisciplinary perspective.
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February 4, 2020
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In the Eye of the Beholder: Parochial Altruism, Radicalization, and Extremism
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January 30, 2020
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Extremist Violence Has Its Roots in Morality, Not Ideology
The ideology behind extremist violence looks remarkably like the “moral sentiments” of empathy, indignation, and shame that are presumed to confer fitness advantages in human social interactions.
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January 29, 2020
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Dugnad as Part of Norway's Culture of Cooperation: A Conversation with Carsta Simon and Hilde Mobekk
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January 28, 2020
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Is Evolutionary Psychology Impossible?
Subrena Smith recently argued that “evolutionary psychology, as it is currently understood, is…impossible."
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January 21, 2020
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Conservative Extremists Are Afraid of Threats That Don't Exist
Crucially, the pattern of heightened reactivity and credulity toward potential threats characteristic of the conservative mind is not associated with fearfulness or timidity, but with confidence in the ability to triumph through force.
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January 15, 2020
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Why Evolutionary Psychology (Probably) Isn’t Possible
Evolutionary psychologists have not shown that there are specific psychological programs that are written in the genetic foundation of our species. This is the challenge they must meet.
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December 31, 2019
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Why Extremism Isn’t the Real Issue
On a global scale, mismatches between ethnic identity and nation-states have caused more death and suffering than any variety of extremism.
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December 22, 2019
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Beyond Individualism
The hardest thing for a fish to see is water. This adage aptly expresses the difficulty we have understanding our own cultures. We spot the foibles of other cultures--even our own cultures in the past--but are blind to our current foibles.
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December 18, 2019
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Extremism as Defense
The attempt to solve a problem by destroying its source remains an eternal aspect of the human condition.
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December 11, 2019
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The Virtue of Extremism is its Enhancement of the Ordinary
To better understand extremism, we need to look not only at the evils perpetrated but also at the admirable aspects of ourselves.
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December 4, 2019
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Extremism in Historical and Evolutionary Perspective
A new and important change is occurring in the history of political violence which suggests that insights from genetic as well as cultural evolution may prove fruitful.
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October 21, 2019
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Peter Gray on Education as a Biological Phenomenon, Learning from Hunter-Gatherers, and Letting Children Lead
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[BONUS EPISODE] Geoffrey Hodgson on Evolutionary Thinking and Its Policy Implications for Modern Capitalism
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There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.
- Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (1859)
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Evolutionary Science in Joyce’s Ulysses
James Joyce developed a writing technique that mirrored advances in the evolutionary science of his day and these insights are present in his novel. To explore this link, we can begin by looking at the most direct references to evolution science. Amidst the range of references to cultural figures in Ulysses, Charles Darwin makes a number of appearances, most notably in the fourteenth chapter, Oxen of the Sun.
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