The Coevolution of Altruism, Parochialism and War - Santa Fe Institute
The Coevolution of Altruism, Parochialism and War - Santa Fe Institute
The Coevolution of Altruism, Parochialism and War - Santa Fe Institute
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In previous episodes...<br />
• We are a uniquely cooperative species, joining with large<br />
numbers including non-kin in the pursuit <strong>of</strong> projects for<br />
mutual benefit<br />
• Important aspects <strong>of</strong> cooperation cannot be explained by<br />
self interst with a long time horizon or other extensions <strong>of</strong><br />
the ‘somebody may be looking paradigm.”<br />
• Part <strong>of</strong> the explanation is that many <strong>of</strong> us are altruistic much<br />
<strong>of</strong> the time.<br />
• Today: how did we get to be this way?<br />
• Based in papers in Science 314 (2006) <strong>and</strong> Science 318<br />
(2008) Nature (in press) <strong>and</strong> Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong>oretical Biology<br />
(2003), <strong>and</strong> on-going unpublished work
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