September 22, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Introduction to Cultural Ecology” by Sutton and Anderson
July 27, 2021January 28, 2023 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “The Causes of Economic Growth” by Rick Szostak
July 21, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy” by Joel Mokyr
April 16, 2021November 24, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics” by John Mearsheimer
March 23, 2021November 20, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Uncontrolled: The Surprising Payoff of Trial-and-Error… ” by Jim Stanzi
November 22, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Is There Anything Good About Men?” by Roy F. Baumeister
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, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge” by Matt Ridley
April 7, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators…” by Peter Turchin
March 24, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “The Origin and Evolution of Cultures” by Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson
March 23, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon Article Summary: “Five Facts You Need to Know about Technology Diffusion” by Comin, Hobijn and Rovito
March 19, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science” by Peter Watson
March 13, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World” by Daniel Epstein
March 11, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon Course Summary: “Principles of Human Ecology” by Peter Richerson et al
February 26, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “The Principles of Social Evolution” by Andrew Bourke
February 24, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon Article Summary: “The Diffusion of Development” by Spolaore and Wacziarg
February 13, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon Article Summary: “Technology as a Complex Adaptive System” by Fleming and Sorenson
February 12, 2020November 20, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Why the West Rules-for Now: The Patterns of History” by Ian Morris
February 10, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Violence and Social Orders” by North, Wallis and Weingast
February 6, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Cultural Evolution: People’s Motivations are Changing” by Ronald Inglehart
February 5, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon Article Summary: “The European Origins of Economic Development” by Easterly and Levine
February 3, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology” by Nolan and Lenski
February 3, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Ecological-Evolutionary Theory” by Gerhard Lenski
January 31, 2020May 7, 2023 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution” by Richerson and Boyd
January 30, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon Article Summary: “Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 BC? ” by many
January 28, 2020April 15, 2021 Michael Magoon Article Summary: “How Deep are the Roots of Economic Development?” by Spolaore and Wacziarg
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, 2020April 19, 2023 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “The Nature of Technology” by W. Brian Arthur
January 7, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Why Information Grows” by Cesar Hidalgo
January 6, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “Foragers, Farmers and Fossil Fuels” by Ian Morris
January 2, 2020May 7, 2023 Michael Magoon Book Summary: “The Secret of Our Success” by Joseph Henrich