Oct 20, 2020

ACT & the Core Design Principles

Jan 19, 2018

Constructing Our Niches: Introducing the Importance of Cooperation and Ultimate Vs. Proximate Design Features

Collective and sustainable behavior is partially dependent on maintaining higher levels of cooperation among those involved, from the boardroom to the global stage.

Mar 18, 2013

Is Religion Useful? A Test Involving Common Pool Resource Groups

Far from “poisoning everything”, religions often plays an integral role in regulating the practical aspects of life.Religion puzzles the nonbeliever in part because it seems to lack utility. How can belief in supernatural agents and costly practices such as ritual sacrifice produce practical benefits?

Jul 24, 2012

Climate Change and Inter-Group Cooperation

Given the tension between our evolved tribalism and the global collective action problem of managing our planet, how can we hope to avoid the climate tipping point?

Jun 12, 2012

Farewell, Lin Ostrom

The world lost a great human being in the passing of Elinor Ostrom.