Tag: Multilevel Selection

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Wednesday, May 15 at 12pm ET

Eight Criticisms Not to Make about Group Selection: Public Forum

Public Forum and discussion on Group Selection- all are welcome to join this free online event

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July 29, 2025

Herbert Simon and the Sciences of the Artificial, Through the Lens of a New Paradigm

Herbert Simon’s visionary work laid the foundations for a new paradigm uniting evolutionary science and complex systems thinking.

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January 23, 2025

The ProSocial World Paradigm: How Anthropology, Indigenous Wisdom, and the Evolved Nest Could Save Our Societies

We can cling to systems that fragment and isolate us, or we can embrace a ProSocial worldview that encourages connection, nurtures well-being, and aligns with our evolutionary nature.

Anthropology

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September 22, 2017

Reaching a New Plateau for the Acceptance of Multilevel Selection

Selfishness beats altruism within groups, altruistic groups beat selfish groups, and everything else is commentary.

Biology

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September 30, 2024

ProSocial Leadership: Consciously Evolving Trust and Collaboration Through Shared Power

In a world grappling with complex polycrises, we need a perspective on leadership and social change based on living systems' timeless capacity to adapt and co-exist.

ProSocial

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April 18, 2024

The Tide of Opinion on Group Selection has Turned

The acceptance of group selection has all the earmarks of a paradigm shift.

Biology

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April 3, 2024

Natural Selection and Multilevel Selection as Causal Theories

Multilevel Selection is an extension of the theory of natural selection and is required to explain the evolution of prosociality in all its forms.

Biology

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March 18, 2024

Williams’ Rule and Its Relevance for Positive Change Efforts

Williams’ Rule ought to be more widely known, which can improve any positive change effort, no matter what topic domain or scale.

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June 25, 2012

Evolution and Our Inner Conflict

Are human beings intrinsically good but corruptible by the forces of evil, or the reverse, innately sinful yet redeemable by the forces of good?

September 26, 2025

Memo To Amazon's Jeff Bezos: The Most Productive Workers Are Team Players, Not Selfish Individualists

‘Ruthless’ and ‘demanding’ are two descriptors of Amazon's working environment, sink or swim. But Amazon is not alone. Can evolutionary biology shed some light on why competition in the workplace does not alway produce the best outcomes?