The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors to Algorithms - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:R. Alexander Bentley, Michael J. O'Brien, John Maeda (Foreword by)Series:Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, LifePublish date:2024-05-21Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262551977ISBN-10:262551977UPC:9780262551977Book Category:Science, Social Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Anthropology, Evolutionary PsychologyBook Topic:Evolution, Cultural & SocialSize:8.00 x 5.38 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SCZ5FQ0AZQ
The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors to Algorithms
How culture evolves through algorithms rather than knowledge inherited from ancestors. From our hunter-gatherer days, we humans evolved to be excellent throwers, chewers, and long-distance runners. We are highly social, crave Paleolithic snacks, and display some gendered difference resulting from mate selection. But we now find ourselves binge-viewing, texting while driving, and playing...
Series: Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262551977ISBN-10:262551977UPC:9780262551977Book Category:Science, Social Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Life Sciences, Anthropology, Evolutionary PsychologyBook Topic:Evolution, Cultural & SocialSize:8.00 x 5.38 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SCZ5FQ0AZQ
R. Alexander Bentley is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee and coauthor of I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior and The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors to Algorithms (both published by the MIT Press). Michael J. O'Brien is Provost and Professor of History at Texas A&M University-San Antonio and the coauthor of...
Publisher: MIT Press
Contributor(s)
R. Alexander Bentley, Michael J. O'Brien, John Maeda (Foreword by)
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