This View of Life
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Understanding why and how both Twitter bots and cancer cells create conflict in different kinds of cooperative social systems may help us find new strategies to bring both kinds of disruptive behavior under control.

Evolution denial is rooted in deeply held misconceptions and current practices in evolution education are not adequate to address the problem.

Researchers of cultural evolution may leverage this understanding to enable them to predict (and potentially intervene) in key domains of great global concern.

Just as COVID-19's genes initially selected for changes in our culture, in the future those changes in culture could in turn select for changes in their genes.

For aspiring scholars, there is a wealth of options for learning about evolutionary thinking as a foundation for applications in economics.

How can we turn around this trajectory towards a catastrophic future?

Another level of selection is now operating in the social universe: selection on the social structures and cultures of each society.

The current pandemic is an obvious manifestation of the price society has to pay for current practices.

Due to the transdisciplinary nature of research on evolution, openness to engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue is required.

Cultural forces are far greater than genetic predisposition or geographic proximity in promoting cooperation with nonkin.

Research shows that when a person moves into a more competitive industry their trust tends to increase.