The Secret of Our Success
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Books or essays that answer each others' questions
- DD: The Evolution of Culture by David Deutsch says a bunch of stuff about cultural evolution, which also connect potently with The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich
- DD: The Evolution of Culture talks more about the implications on a meaning level
- The Secret of Our Success talks more about the implications on a biological level
- both talk about the role of rationality and how it relates to memes, in different ways
- and both talk about ways in which the culture itself can "know" things the individuals don't, and the implications that has for things like rationality, creativity, etc
December 20th, 2021
- meanwhile, some stuff that Book/Controlling People talks about dovetails interestingly with David Deutsch and The Secret of Our Success...
- if one asks the question, from PCT, why don't people reorganize better already? why do we get worse at reorganizing as we age, given that that seems non-adaptive?
- DD: The Evolution of Culture by David Deutsch says a bunch of stuff about cultural evolution, which also connect potently with The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich
- which explains why this is
- and if one asks the Deutsch-inspired question of how this happens neurologically, or even something like what is necessary to achieve this, neurologically?, Unlocking the Emotional Brain and PCT both have some answers
- Controlling People in particular talks a lot more about the reorganization system, and so if you want people to not try to outsmart culture then it would naturally be necessary to keep people from consciously inspecting certain things!!!
November 13th, 2021
call w Matjaz Leonardis › Mat > dominance & submission › me > evolutionary psychology is a bit sus › & in humans evolutionary pressure acts on both genes & me…
- source: The Secret of Our Success
March 8th, 2021
- > But seriously if cultural evolution is so star-spangled awesome why is every Italian nonna wrong about how much water you need to cook pasta.
- > Le nonne will tell you you need a gallon per pound of pasta. Kenji says just enough to cover works fine
- > I think the explanation for grandmas being wrong is that they were using info extrapolated incorrectly from fresh pasta. Circumstances changed, a common reason for cultural knowledge to be wrong.
February 27th, 2021
- this guy Matthew Pierce is saying something interesting about groups, tribalism... relates to The Secret of Our Success & memes vs genes & constructivism