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A Beginner's Guide to Culture Science
Henrich argues that humans have evolved “brains to allow us to most effectively learn the ideas, beliefs, values, motivations, and practices we’ll need to survive and thrive in whatever ecological or social environments we end up in.” The way this happens is through culture, which is a dramatic accelerant on our ability to solve problems and thrive... See more
Dan Shipper • ChatGPT and the Future of the Human Mind
As an anthropologist, she knew all too well that unspoken codes of culture serve those in power. Bourdieu calls what isn’t said—what is socially silent—“doxa.”
“Good observers look for doxa,” Gillian explained. “What isn’t said and what is hidden in plain sight. It is a kind of chip in your brain or X-ray vision that you get when you look at the fam
Christian Madsbjerg • Look
Beliefs, practices, technologies, and social norms—culture—can shape our brains, biology, and psychology, including our motivations, mental abilities, and decision-making biases.
Joseph Henrich • The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
The Demiurge in the Machine: Why Large Language Models Are Gnostic Gods in Disguise
The Lovecraftian Witchsubstack.com
- Memes are units of cultural imitation
- We absorb memes that seem to work and fit with our prior memes
- When we absorb a meme, it gets expressed in our behavior
- When we express a meme, other people see it and might copy it
- Memes evolve through mutation and natural selection just like genes do
- People resist memes that don’t fit into their existing network