What is Culture? Part Four: Conventions
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What is Culture? Part Four: Conventions
When it comes to culture, tradition plays the role of the evolutionary constraints. A bit of conservatism, a certain bias in favor of history, can buffer us against the boom-and-bust cycle of fads.
Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths • Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
So we should then examine every convention through its origin – especially within the context of social dynamics, power, and wealth.
What is Culture? Part Seven: Summary and Bibliography
Each status group contains a multitude of distinct conventions, which all interlock through a strong internal logic.