The Resource Our story : how cultures shaped people to get things done, W. Penn Handwerker
Our story : how cultures shaped people to get things done, W. Penn Handwerker
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The item Our story : how cultures shaped people to get things done, W. Penn Handwerker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- "The story of human evolution, or Our Story, is about the development and refinement of cultures. Individuals cannot do things on their own, this book argues; their choices are driven by heuristics, biases, illogical preferences, and irrational assumptions about the nature of reality. So how did humanity survive? By forming more and more successful cultures, which are teams of people who share a specific vision of the world. Because cultures-as-teams are more effective if there is a strong correspondence among the members, they select individuals who clarify the team's vision and force compliance to that vision. Thus, cultures-as-teams are powerful agents for change in the world. They offer the individual the opportunity to accomplish unimaginable goals, but they can also destroy him or her in the process"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 128 pages
- Contents
-
- Chapter 5:
- Coercive Force Yields Morally Ordered Behavior
- Chapter 6:
- Cognitive Coercion May Kill You Before You Get Anywhere
- Chapter 7:
- Intelligence Makes for Disturbing Irony
- Chapter 1:
- Cultures Originate in Intelligent Minds
- Chapter 2:
- Cultures Establish Moral Visions
- Chapter 3:
- Morally Ordered Behavior Gives Cultures Agency
- Chapter 4:
- Living Requires Many Cultures; Thriving Requires They Be Well Designed
- Isbn
- 9781598746778
- Label
- Our story : how cultures shaped people to get things done
- Title
- Our story
- Title remainder
- how cultures shaped people to get things done
- Statement of responsibility
- W. Penn Handwerker
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The story of human evolution, or Our Story, is about the development and refinement of cultures. Individuals cannot do things on their own, this book argues; their choices are driven by heuristics, biases, illogical preferences, and irrational assumptions about the nature of reality. So how did humanity survive? By forming more and more successful cultures, which are teams of people who share a specific vision of the world. Because cultures-as-teams are more effective if there is a strong correspondence among the members, they select individuals who clarify the team's vision and force compliance to that vision. Thus, cultures-as-teams are powerful agents for change in the world. They offer the individual the opportunity to accomplish unimaginable goals, but they can also destroy him or her in the process"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- CDU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Handwerker, W. Penn
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN357.5
- LC item number
- .H363 2015a
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Culture
- Social evolution
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Culture
- Social evolution
- Mensch
- Kultur
- Gesellschaft
- Entwicklung
- Label
- Our story : how cultures shaped people to get things done, W. Penn Handwerker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Chapter 5:
- Coercive Force Yields Morally Ordered Behavior
- Chapter 6:
- Cognitive Coercion May Kill You Before You Get Anywhere
- Chapter 7:
- Intelligence Makes for Disturbing Irony
- Chapter 1:
- Cultures Originate in Intelligent Minds
- Chapter 2:
- Cultures Establish Moral Visions
- Chapter 3:
- Morally Ordered Behavior Gives Cultures Agency
- Chapter 4:
- Living Requires Many Cultures; Thriving Requires They Be Well Designed
- Control code
- 953694884
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 128 pages
- Isbn
- 9781598746778
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)953694884
- Label
- Our story : how cultures shaped people to get things done, W. Penn Handwerker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Chapter 5:
- Coercive Force Yields Morally Ordered Behavior
- Chapter 6:
- Cognitive Coercion May Kill You Before You Get Anywhere
- Chapter 7:
- Intelligence Makes for Disturbing Irony
- Chapter 1:
- Cultures Originate in Intelligent Minds
- Chapter 2:
- Cultures Establish Moral Visions
- Chapter 3:
- Morally Ordered Behavior Gives Cultures Agency
- Chapter 4:
- Living Requires Many Cultures; Thriving Requires They Be Well Designed
- Control code
- 953694884
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 128 pages
- Isbn
- 9781598746778
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)953694884
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