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Mark Maslin, “Embracing the Anthropocene: Managing Human Impact” (Open Agenda, 2021)

New Books in Science

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Macanic Is All About Status

Macanic is all about status. And of course, you can only do status by finding out what people think about you. So that's why i think that we have a very large brain. But again, how do you move that up to much larger size than just the hundred and 50? Because it's about a hundred and 50. Lots of experiments have been done about how many people we actually know. Quite intimately, that's about a 100 and 50. And then it goes you get different. When you get beyond that, you start having to drop down into stereotypes. That's interesting for two reasons. It's is fascinating experiment, but i'm amazed that it doesn't wreak

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