Russ -- Thanks for posting this, and coming back with the link to the "Making Of ..." paper. I don't know if I have the cognitive bandwidth to slog through the full paper, but I wholeheartedly approve of their intent.
So DSW repeats the conclusion of his paper with E O Wilson, “Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Sociology” Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish > groups. Everything else is commentary. To answer Nick's question, I think they figure they get a mulligan for specifying the mechanism of inheritance for groups, since Darwin got a mulligan for his mechanism of inheritance. There will be a PostModern Synthesis someday. As evidence for group selection existing and operating, they point to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom's surveys of human groups that manage shared resources without authoritarian supervision and without a tragedy of the commons. DSW wrote a paper with her, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167268112002697, which generalizes the original resource management principles into generalized rules for self-organizing groups. -- rec -- On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 12:06 PM Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the discussion by the authors > <https://evonomics.com/the-making-of-rethinking-the-theoretical-foundation-of-economics/> > of > the article > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/17mSkmB0nP1UNyrKE0LIN8-AfgD3DQGF4/view>. > > I'd read the discussion first. > > -- Russ > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 7:35 AM glen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry for my incompetence. What "linked page"? I see a few non-DoI links >> inside the document: >> >> >> https://thisviewoflife.com/greek-democracy-as-a-major-evolutionary-transition-a-conversation-with-josiah-ober/ >> https://humanenergy.io/projects/science-of-the-noosphere/ >> >> https://www.strategy-business.com/feature/Common-Purpose-Realigning-Business-Economies-and-Society >> >> Is one of those what you mean? Or did you mean to include another link? >> >> Thanks for the heads up, regardless. Regardless of where you stand on the >> thesis of the paper, the citations are fantastic! >> >> >> On 4/2/22 11:59, Russ Abbott wrote: >> > Strongly recommend reading the discussion on the linked page. It has a >> good overview of the issues and positions in the article. >> > _ >> > _ >> > __-- Russ Abbott >> > Professor Emeritus, Computer Science >> > California State University, Los Angeles >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 11:33 AM Russ Abbott <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > Rethinking the theoretical foundation of economics I: The >> multilevel paradigm >> > >> > This article offers a new paradigm for economics: the >> “multilevel paradigm,” which applies the Darwinian theory of evolution to >> the analysis of economic processes. “Darwinian” refers to all >> variation/selection/replication processes, not just genetic evolution, >> making it highly relevant to economic theory and practice. The economy is >> viewed as a system that is embedded within political, social and >> environmental systems. The evolution of economic activities is understood >> in terms of variation (innovation), selection (cooperative and competitive >> relations that survive) and replication (transmission and proliferation of >> ideas). The multilevel paradigm comes with its own definition and purpose >> of economics, as the discipline that explores how resources, goods and >> services can be mobilized in the pursuit of wellbeing in >> thriving societies, now and in the future. We describe the prominent >> characteristics of the multilevel paradigm: flexible, multiple levels of >> functional >> > organization; the primacy of social relations, ignorance as >> uncertainty; multi-faceted, context-dependent wellbeing; and multilevel >> evolution as progress. >> > >> > >> > >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/17mSkmB0nP1UNyrKE0LIN8-AfgD3DQGF4/view < >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/17mSkmB0nP1UNyrKE0LIN8-AfgD3DQGF4/view> >> > _ >> >> >> -- >> Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs ɟᴉƃɥʇ' ʇɥǝ ƃɹɐss snɟɟǝɹs˙ >> >> .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: >> 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > > .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: > 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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