The continuing evolution of ultrasocial economic organization

Ultrasociality, as expressed in agricultural, monetary, and fossil fuel economies, has spurred exponential growth in population and in resource use that now threaten civilization. These threats take the form of prisoner's dilemmas. Avoiding collapse requires more cooperative economic organizati...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2016-01, Vol.39, p.e97-e97, Article e97
1. Verfasser: Farley, Joshua C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Ultrasociality, as expressed in agricultural, monetary, and fossil fuel economies, has spurred exponential growth in population and in resource use that now threaten civilization. These threats take the form of prisoner's dilemmas. Avoiding collapse requires more cooperative economic organization that must be informed by knowledge of human behavior and cultural evolution. The evolution of a cooperative information economy is one possibility.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X1500103X