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Tag: Evolution

October 15, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Holistic Darwinism” by Peter A. Corning

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Evidence for evolution in response to natural selection in a contemporary human population” by many

July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Measuring Selection in Contemporary Human Populations” by many

July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Is It Good To Cooperate?” by Curry, Mullins and Whitehouse

June 17, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History” by Nicholas Wade

May 20, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Emergence: the Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software” by Steven Johnson

May 9, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution” by Cochran and Harpending

May 5, 2020December 7, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves” by Matt Ridley

April 13, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Cultural Evolution: How Darwinian Theory Can Explain Human Culture” by Alex Mesoudi

April 13, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Nature’s Magic: Synergy in Evolution…” by Peter Corning

April 8, 2020March 18, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure” by Tim Harford

April 8, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge” by Matt Ridley

March 29, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Pace of Cultural Evolution” by Charles Perreault

March 24, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Origin and Evolution of Cultures” by Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson

March 19, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science” by Peter Watson

March 3, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution” by Nick Lane

March 2, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Social Networks in the History of Innovation and Invention” by Francis Moon

February 26, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Principles of Social Evolution” by Andrew Bourke

February 13, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Technology as a Complex Adaptive System” by Fleming and Sorenson

February 11, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Most Things Fail” by Paul Ormerod

January 21, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Origin of Wealth” by Eric D. Beinhocker

January 15, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny” by Robert Wright

January 10, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Nature of Technology” by W. Brian Arthur

January 6, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels” by Ian Morris

January 2, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Secret of Our Success” by Joseph Henrich

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