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Formal. Requires at least some mathematics - especially game theory. But very good book on what is driving democratization.
An easier one by Acemoglu is "Why Nations Fail [and succeed" which discusses the problem of institutional development and deve ...more "
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Reread the book after 8 years.I think this is the most realistic picture of "how the human species developed into an ultrasocial species with social preferences (not only self-regarding ones)". But not only that - it also analyzes many economic and s ...more "
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"Sapolsky in his book Behave discusses behavior on many levels "why it does make evolutionary sense", "how does it work in the human brain" etc.
Bowles discusses cooperation both on proximate and ultimate level. For evolutionary economy proximate level is naturally the preference level (e.g. "Does a human have social preferences or not") and the ultimate level the question is "how did social preferences evolve"." — Oct 12, 2024 12:49AM
"Sapolsky in his book Behave discusses behavior on many levels "why it does make evolutionary sense", "how does it work in the human brain" etc.
Bowles discusses cooperation both on proximate and ultimate level. For evolutionary economy proximate level is naturally the preference level (e.g. "Does a human have social preferences or not") and the ultimate level the question is "how did social preferences evolve"." — Oct 12, 2024 12:49AM
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“Another simple rule is, when you are verbally assaulted, do not counterattack. Instead, disarm your counterpart by asking a calibrated question.”
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“We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.”
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