In July and August, this blog covered one of the great revolutions in information transmission, the evolution of language. And as we move into September, we will consider another, the invention of writing. But in between these two great revolutions, there are tantalizing hints that people were experimenting with other techniques for enhancing social memory. In this tweet I […]| Logarithmic History
833 – 789 thousand years ago Around today’s date, there was a shift in the nature of glacial cycles. But let’s back up a bit. Earth’s climate took a turn toward cool in the transition from Eocene t…| Logarithmic History
329 – 421 In the first decades after the crucifixion of Jesus, the number of those who worshiped him as a resurrected savior was at most a few thousand, and probably many fewer. In 313, when Consta…| Logarithmic History
One of the things I’ve been giving a bit of thought to, as I begin to contemplate retiring and not doing the stuff that I’ve been doi...| anthropomics2.blogspot.com
AKA “Cooperation, cultural evolution & economic development”. Where do ‘good’ or pro-social institutions come from? Why does the capacity for collective action and coope…| pseudoerasmus
Social norms, institutions, and economic development. (A companion post to “Where do pro-social institutions come from?”)| pseudoerasmus
