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 […]
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Futurity.org – Chinese college kids less tied to social media
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Research news from leading universities (Chinese college kids less tied to social media http://t.co/DuC13qS7 via @FuturityNews) Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: According to this research general features of our culture determine the way we use social media. This runs counter to what social media experts say, e.g.: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/facebook-effect-social-network-changed-world-122656206.html. But it seems self […]
World Heritage Centre – Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments (HEADS)
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution UNESCO World Heritage Centre (RT @UNESCO: A program devoted to #WorldHeritage sites that tell the story of human evolution & origins of our cultural diversity http://t.co/dsGJcNSg)… See on whc.unesco.org
Cultural Change Regarding Love
It’s good to challenge your own, limited point of view once in a while. Why would current western concepts and habits regarding love have universal normative status? Take kissing for instance. A couple kissing each other in front of others: no big deal. Or is it? In India this has long been regarded as too […]
Super Bowl Ads: Has Our App-Happy Culture Boxed Out The Profound? – Forbes
See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Super Bowl Ads: Has Our App-Happy Culture Boxed Out The Profound? Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: A cultural comment, based on ads. Remarkable: when you go to the sites, you have to sit through… an ad 🙂 Thing is, the author claims, based on the ads aired during the Super Bowl, […]
Depressing books could be just what the doctor ordered – Telegraph
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 […]
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…
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 […]
Weekly Gardening 