Jukka Aakula

“small groups are a fundamental unit of human social organization. Individuals cannot be understood except in the context of small groups, and large-scale societies need to be seen as a kind of multicellular organism comprising small groups.”
― David Sloan Wilson, This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution

“Tetlock selects Marx and libertarians31 as examples of hedgehogs who stick to a simple worldview and whose grand predictions never materialize.”
― Jean Tirole, Economics for the Common Good

“One key adaptation of a malignant cancer is to increase the rate of mutations. A fast-growing tumor isn’t just one type of cancer cell that is rapidly proliferating. It is a boiling cauldron of hyper-mutating cell lines that compete against each other. Another adaptive strategy for a cancer cell is to disperse so that it can compete against normal cells rather than against other cancer cells—metastasis.”
― David Sloan Wilson, This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution

“Sociologists rightly emphasize the importance of not observing individuals out of context, that is, without taking into account their social environment. Individuals are part of social groups, and these groups affect how they will behave.”
― Jean Tirole, Economics for the Common Good