Humean Thoughts – Millian Oughts – Gordian Knots
This is Part 6 of a series on prestige competition and its broader contemporary effects. For other parts, click below. Part 1: From Agonistic Behavior to Dominance Hierarchy: An Evolutionary Parable Part 2: From Dominance Hierarchy to Prestige Hierarchy Part 3: From Hierarchy to Egalitarianism to Hierarchy Again Part 4: The Prestige Complex Part 5: Dr. … Continue reading…
This is Part 4 of a series on prestige competition and its broader contemporary effects. For other parts, click below. Part 1: From Agonistic Behavior to Dominance Hierarchy: An Evolutionary Parable Part 2: From Dominance Hierarchy to Prestige Hierarchy Part 3: From Hierarchy to Egalitarianism to Hierarchy Again Part 5: Dr. Praiselove or: How I Learned to Start … Continue reading…
This is Part 3 of a series on prestige competition and its broader contemporary effects. For other parts, click below. Part 1: From Agonistic Behavior to Dominance Hierarchy: An Evolutionary Parable Part 2: From Dominance Hierarchy to Prestige Hierarchy Part 4: The Prestige Complex Part 5: Dr. Praiselove or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Loathe … Continue reading…
This is Part 2 of a series on prestige competition and its broader contemporary effects. For other parts, click below. Part 1: From Agonistic Behavior to Dominance Hierarchy: An Evolutionary Parable Part 3: From Hierarchy to Egalitarianism to Hierarchy Again Part 4: The Prestige Complex Part 5: Dr. Praiselove or: How I Learned to Start Worrying … Continue reading…
I want to try something a little different. I’ve written a long piece on social comparison and radicalization in the age of the Internet, one of my central concerns at the moment and the primary reason for resurrecting this blog after several years of inactivity. Instead of dumping the whole thing in one post and … Continue reading…
A couple days ago, I attended Jordan Peterson’s talk at Western University. For those who don’t yet know who Dr. Peterson is, this will give you enough of the relevant background. I attended this talk for three principal reasons: (1) I wanted to see what would happen. Peterson has attracted, in a very short time, … Continue reading…
So…a thing happened. Again. A pretty bad thing, by most objective measures, and more bad things are undoubtedly waiting in the wings. We need to talk about it. And we need to do a better job of talking about it than we’ve been doing. In the years since my matriculation in evolutionary psychology, I’ve grown … Continue reading…