childless men are pillars of human society
In the human evolutionary history of cooperative breeding, childless men have played a crucial role in provisioning middle-aged breeders. … Read the post childless men are pillars of human society
social networks
analysis of social relations emphasizing communications and evolutionary psychology
deep structure of social networks in human society
The few remaining human hunter-gather societies have social networks like those typical for Facebook. … Read the post deep structure of social networks in human society
humans and animals complementary
Human domestication of other animals has shaped human history. Dogs, which have been domesticated for at least 10,000 years, have provided humans with guards, hunting aids, carrying aids, and sources of meat and fur. The domestication of sheep, goats, pigs, cows, and other animals enabled humans to live as herders. Living in close proximity to … Continue reading humans and animals complementary
social constraints of social media
Getting persons to coalesce around a bigger project is not as simple as describing a bigger project. An expressed desire to be like Wikipedia (but better) isn’t enough to get persons to contribute knowledge like they do for Wikipedia. Humans pursue their self-interests socially and create complex social dynamics. Because social relations involve complicated social … Continue reading social constraints of social media
the bigger project in social networks
Like the propensity to truck and barter, the propensity to compete for status is common to all humans. The latter propensity can be found in many other animals as well. Twitter succeeded as least in part by providing humans with all the status-jockeying opportunities of blogging while requiring much less ancillary work. But apart from … Continue reading the bigger project in social networks