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Meme Wars And Collective Intelligence

Future Thinkers

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The Emergent Hierarchy of the Tribe

In tribal society, when someone became dominant in a way that was not good for the tribe, the tribe would take him out. In our society, we don't have those protection mechanisms to keep people from climbing that ladder and stepping over everyone on the way up. So if some one is kind of dominating the conversation, being a bit of a dick, another person who can be dominant would say, look, men, you're not letting these people speak. Give other people a chance. Shut up for a second"

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