Connecte Dness

  • Subscribe to our RSS feed.
  • Twitter
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Facebook
  • Digg

Monday, 16 August 2004

Economic Analysis of "The Improbable Cooperation of Shy Murderous Apes"

Posted on 18:42 by Unknown
How did a bunch of "shy, murderous apes" learn to cooperate? See this week's Economist for an answer to that question in the form of an excellent review of "The Company of Strangers," by economics professor Paul Seabright. The review is subtitled "Co-operation has brought the human race a long way in a staggeringly short time."

Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Posted in | No comments
Newer Post Older Post Home

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Popular Posts

  • Happy, or at least healthy endings
    Yesterday was the 8th anniversary of my first Connectedness post , but it's been 3 years since I was even semi-active in this space. One...
  • Discussion with Valdis Krebs: What is a "social" network?
    Congratulations to Valdis Krebs for correctly identifying three out of four of my " mystery quotes " from last week. For those of...
  • Social capital in one easy lesson
    The power of social network analysis for business is getting a lot of press these days (like this big BusinessWeek article ). Without taking...
  • Evil-Doers at Sunbelt in San Diego
    Tomorrow I fly to San Diego to attend Sunbelt , the annual SNA extravaganza. The keynote address, by Phillip Bonacich , is "Using Socia...
  • Searchable leadership networks bibliography
    Our new Link-to-Results site features a categorized searchable bibliography . Of all the pages on the site, this one has generated by far ...
  • Weekend edition: SWMSNA seeks SWF
    It is the great tradition of science that our biggest discoveries often emerge from the smoldering ashes of our most disappointing failures....
  • The Economy of Prestige
    Is it art? Or is it just plain old crap ? Take a look at the preceding website and you will appreciate how difficult it can be to tell the d...
  • Stanley Wasserman and Visible Path
    Stanley Wasserman , renowned statistician and co-author of the essential textbook Social Network Analysis , gave a fun talk to end the curre...
  • What is My Network Value Worth?
    Pedro Domingos and Matt Richardson analyze the power of viral marketing in their paper, " Mining the Network Value of Customers ....
  • Structural equivalence: related tags in social bookmarking
    In my " Holy Trinity of Network Power ," structural equivalence is conceptually the most obscure. But practically speaking, it is ...

Blog Archive

  • ►  2012 (1)
    • ►  June (1)
  • ►  2010 (3)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (1)
  • ►  2009 (22)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (5)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (4)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2008 (36)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (6)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (8)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2007 (42)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (6)
    • ►  August (6)
    • ►  July (5)
    • ►  June (8)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (5)
  • ►  2006 (63)
    • ►  December (4)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (3)
    • ►  July (7)
    • ►  June (10)
    • ►  May (10)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (8)
    • ►  February (6)
    • ►  January (7)
  • ►  2005 (136)
    • ►  December (11)
    • ►  November (13)
    • ►  October (11)
    • ►  September (9)
    • ►  August (10)
    • ►  July (10)
    • ►  June (10)
    • ►  May (12)
    • ►  April (13)
    • ►  March (15)
    • ►  February (9)
    • ►  January (13)
  • ▼  2004 (99)
    • ►  December (9)
    • ►  November (18)
    • ►  October (13)
    • ►  September (16)
    • ▼  August (15)
      • Computer Supported Cooperative Work
      • The Wonderful World of Wikis
      • Learning UCINET
      • Inventor of WWW wages peace as newly knighted Comm...
      • Farida Hasanali: APQC's Knowledge Management blog
      • I-Neighbors Goes Live
      • Economic Analysis of "The Improbable Cooperation o...
      • Online Employee Communities
      • Results of International Survey: Online Communitie...
      • It Isn't Just Who You Know, But How You Know Them
      • What is My Network Value Worth?
      • Decentralized Intelligence
      • Read This and Promote Your Own Blog (aka Google-ce...
      • Social Networks and Knowledge Management
      • Maximizing Influence through a Social Network
    • ►  July (20)
    • ►  June (8)
Powered by Blogger.

About Me

Unknown
View my complete profile