Tag: cultural evolution

Can culture protect genetics from misuse? – Futurity: Research News

See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Can culture protect genetics from misuse? Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: An important discussion, in a sense maybe even thé discussion of our time, boiling down to the question: what does it mean to be human? Or, like my son once said, when he was six  and we asked him to […]

Sci-fi & Cultural Evolution – Part 2 |

See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution “Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible.” ~Rod Serling http://t.co/uZMnQSxi #scifi Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: The author of this blogpost gives us a relevant example of the way art is sensitive for and points us to implicit cultural trends, including – unfortunately still there […]

David Attenborough: most of the world’s population are out of touch with the natural world – Telegraph

See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution The veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has said he believes most people don’t come into contact with wildlife. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Maybe this is indeed one of the main challenge human culture(s) face today. While culture once enabled us to survive within our natural environment, it now seems to […]

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. […]

Idle No More: Evolution of a social-media movement Add to … – Globe and Mail

See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Globe and Mail Idle No More: Evolution of a social-media movement Add to … Globe and Mail Idle No More: Evolution of a social-media movement Add to … The Globe and Mail. Published Thursday, Jan. 24 2013, 8:43 PM EST. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: An interesting article for two reasons. […]

Losing Our Religion: The Growth Of The ‘Nones’ : NPR

See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution As religious as this country may be, many Americans are not religious at all. The group of religiously unaffiliated – dubbed “nones”– has been growing. One-fifth of Americans say they’re nones, as are one in three under 30. Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: The importance of this article is that it […]