The Role of Casts in Evolution
Casts are beneficial if understood conservatively. Unlimited choice is like cancer. Continue Reading
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Benefits of circular economy fake trend
The circular economy is not fake; it is a fake trend. Circularity is a necessary feature of life. It becomes a fake trend when vested interests and consultants abuse it. The concept that attracts so much public attention is nothing… Continue Reading
Emergence upgraded
It is not a heresy any more to use quantum mechanics concepts in neuroscience, humanities and philosophy. Emergence, wave function, entanglement work. Continue Reading
Conservatism as a creative force
If you listen to the first chapter of Jordan Peterson latest book, Beyond Order, you will already find an important message at the end. But before that, Jordan stumbles on a point where he makes a severe mistake. Fortunately, the… Continue Reading
How “neoliberalism” unmasks totalitarians
I was not only surprised but equally appalled by the fact that it has become commonplace to think of neoliberalism as a phenomenon that has nothing in common with liberalism. How is it that many of those who consider themselves… Continue Reading
An integrated model for societal exchange
There are two triggers for this post: The first comes from the straw man argument against capitalism as a system that assumes humans are homo economicus. This post will show that homo economicus and its rationality can be embedded in… Continue Reading
Memetic Kinship Selection
In response to the apparent selfishness dominating evolution on earth, as proposed by Charles Darwin (evolution by natural selection), various theories arose that distinguish animals from humans, altruism referring only to humans. Namely, they were directed against mankind’s illusion that… Continue Reading
Memetics – the second cornerstone of life
Memetics was introduced by Richard Dawkins in Selfish Gene the last chapter back in 1976. For a quite unclear reason, Dawkins himself never developed the theory further. Susan Blackmore, Kate Distin, Robert Aunger and Daniel Dennett are rare few that… Continue Reading
Tolerance to intolerant?
The recent purge of Facebook and Twitter, which massively wiped out Donald Trump and his supporters’ user accounts, has rightly attracted attention. Unjustifiably, however, the erasure did not receive the critical scrutiny it deserves due to the far-reaching consequences. So… Continue Reading
Integrated reporting as a part of organizational memetics
Featured image: Matevž Paternoster photo of 5.200 years old wheel found near Ljubljana Integrated reporting (IR) is a global initiative to upgrade organisational reporting. From the perspective of traditional reporting IR objectives are difficult to understand. Or better: they could be… Continue Reading