See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Instead of ‘mood-boosting books’, imagine doctors handing out prescriptions for gloomy masterpieces by Samuel Beckett and Thomas Hardy. Martin Chilton looks at the appeal of 20 great depressing novels. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: I love this ironic take on a new program in the UK, subscribing self help books for […]
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CultureLab: Ice-age art hints at birth of modern mind
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution CultureLab: Ice-age art hints at birth of modern mind – http://t.co/3OMgfCel #art #culture #environment #news Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: This is a must-see exhibition, I think. If I only had the time (and the money)! Love this quote from curator Jill Cook: "What’s so spectacular about the modern brain, and […]
Tool Use, Culture and Human Hubris – Huffington Post
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Tool Use, Culture and Human Hubris Huffington Post Chimpanzees, our closest relatives, demonstrate something awfully close to culture, once considered uniquely human. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: I do not believe the author delivers really novel information in this blogpost. Most of the examples are rather classic ones, in my view. […]
Back to the Future
Always fun to think what the future will be like. I’ve stumbled upon this info graphic on Mashable about future trends. Notice the utopia/distopia distinction! As usual, these kinds of predictions say as much about our current time as about the future, but it still makes you wonder… What do we want to happen, what […]
This of course immediately raises questions about possible analogies in cultural evolution…
Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Steven Pinker – Psychologist, Cognitive Scientist, and Linguist at Harvard University How did humans acquire language? In this lecture, best-selling author S… Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Steven Pinker always pushes your mind (no pun intended) a bit further… And some other interesting videos in the same YouTube-channel to! See on […]
Personal, Group, and Evolutionary Psychology
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution One of the more interesting tendencies I’ve noticed among online intellectuals is the glorification of evolutionary psychology (New blog post: Personal, Group, and Evolutionary Psychology http://t.co/O2otDlDM)… Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Some good questions oe the place of evolutionary psychology within the field of psychology. See on therawness.com
The Evolution Of The Zombie – BuzzFeed
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution BuzzFeed The Evolution Of The Zombie BuzzFeed The Evolution Of The Zombie. The zombie has come a long way from the mindless, shuffling corpses in Night of the Living Dead. Here’s a look at the journey from the origin of the species to Warm Bodies. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: One […]
What Are Internet Memes?
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Why is Keanu Reeves so sad? Can I haz cheeseburger? What does the double rainbow mean? As we all know, the internets is serious business and these question are worth considering. What do they all have in common? Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: A good attempt to delve deeper into the […]
‘It’s Arabic’
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution What do zero a giraffe and alcohol have in common Not much other than all these words originate from Arabic and are part of the huge heritage of language and knowledge that Europe has absorbed from the Arabs over the centuries (You are already… Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Just to […]
Weekly Gardening 