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'A Theory of Everyone'

Quillette Podcast

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The Evolution of Cognitive Skills Through Cultural Software

This chapter examines how shared cultural beliefs and values shape individual learning and cognitive development, particularly in skills like counting. It emphasizes the evolution from tangible counting methods to abstract concepts and the role of cultural 'software' in fostering generational knowledge transfer.

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