This View of Life
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The origin of life challenge. Scientists compete over how life began.

Redirecting humanity’s trajectory will require transformation at a foundational level.

According to a new study, small animals with brains that are relatively large compared to their body size are better suited for survival.

Do people believe that sharing food might involve sharing more than just food?

A swimming cricket was one of three "new species" discovered by a TV crew filming in South America.

Why, after millions of years of evolution, do organisms build structures that seemingly serve no purpose?

Creating the future today.

Positive systemic change must be the target of selection. Alternative social practices must be oriented toward the target of selection.

By understanding diversity, we are better equipped to engage with it without dismissing it and to learn from the advantages of different approaches in time and place. Header Image credit to Eco Life.

Real conservation seems more like a scary and unpredictable black market.

Markets have a role to play, but they must be structured so that the cultural evolutionary process is managed to achieve whole-system goals.

Our emergence as a species and the last ten thousand years of human history demonstrates how positive cultural change has taken place.