Can We Have an Open Diverse and Inclusion Society of 8 Billion?

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LNR Ostrum: Can we have an open diverse and inclusive society of 8 billion? Yeah. And that's what we need to work towards. The same principles that are needed to govern a small group are also needed to govern the proverbial global village. It provides a powerful theoretical justification for what many of us who are progressives and climb towards that are already thin. But it provides a scientific foundation for it that we didn't have before. If we were all leopards or jaguars there would be no chance of that, but because the human genome is a product of multi-level selection.

On this episode, evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson joins Nate to unpack how evolution can be used to explain and understand modern human behavior, particularly with respect to cooperation and pro-social behavior. David is a leading scholar in this field, especially on the resurgence of the concept ‘multi-level selection’. How can an evolutionary idea, first thought of by Darwin and subsequently ignored until recently, shed light on human’s inherent balance between competition and cooperation? And how might our improved knowledge of where we come from inform our behaviors and collective governance in the decades ahead?

About David Sloan Wilson:

David Sloan Wilson is one of the foremost evolutionary thinkers and gifted communicators about evolution to the general public. He is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology Emeritus at Binghamton University and President of the nonprofit organization ProSocial World, whose mission is "To consciously evolve a world that works for all". His most recent books are This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution, Prosocial: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable, and Collaborative Groups (with Paul Atkins and Steven C. Hayes), and his first novel, Atlas Hugged: The Autobiography of John Galt III.

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