Michael Muthukrishna is Associate Professor of Economic Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science and Affiliate in Developmental Economics and Data Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His work on cultural evolution focuses on answering three big questions: why humans are so different from other animals, what are the psychological and evolutionary processes that underlie culture and social change, and how the answers to these questions can be used to tackle some of the biggest challenges we face as a species.
“Mendicants, what’s with that colossal racket?” ~ The Buddha (Cātumasutta) Pope Julius II died in February 1513. Called the Warrior Pope, he waged a series of wars to unite the Papal States
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The following essay is based on the excerpts adapted from the author’s most recent book published by the MIT Press Our society is obsessed with intelligence. What it is, what it predicts,
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