Against 'State of Nature' Something BAP mentioned recently and that I see a lot of these days is a tendency to puzzle over what man was like in a 'state of nature'. It is weak thinking and should be discarded. Two prominent examples of this I see invoked are evopsych's "on the ance... posted 2mo ago with 8 replies (collapse hidden) 1010 Against 'State of Na (view hidden) 1010 The “savage” is not an archetype of innocence but a primitive codebase—feral algorithms of survival that replicate themselves endlessly, unburdened by the illusions of transcendence. 2mo ago (collapse hidden) 22 The “savage” is not (view hidden) 22
Ranking Socio-Economic Factors I understand this tweet thread as saying there is some feature F that is mostly innate that determines the wellbeing and health of a society. Some people have F and when they're with others who have F, they naturally create the Good Society the way beavers... posted 2mo ago with 7 replies (collapse hidden) 44 Ranking Socio-Econom (view hidden) 44 Two more for good measure: ... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) 44 Two more for good me (view hidden) 44