David Sloan Wilson is one of biology’s most prolific and impactful scientists. He is author of paradigmatic contributions to evolutionary theory and how organisms behave, such as multilevel selection and core design principles for the efficacy of groups. But the reach of his work is far beyond the domains of biology and sociology, in whole a toolkit for improving how we live together and weaving between areas of thought.

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Show Notes:

• Atlas Hugged(06:30)
• Sociobiology by EO Wilson (12:00)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Steven C Hayes (21:00)
• Science proceeds by seeing really good reasons for not believing the current model for reality Lindon Eaves (25:40)
• Elinor Ostrom (26:15)
• EO Wilson (26:15)
• Elliott Sober (27:00)
• Ostrom design principles for governing the commons (31:00)
• The Tragedy of the Commons [Hardin, 1968]  (34:20)
• The Neighborhood Project by Sloan Wilson (41:30)
• Richard A Kauffman (David's graduate student)
• Core competencies of prosociality (48:50)
• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn (49:10)
• The knowledge commons (51:00)
  • The Noosphere and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
• Lynn Margulis (53:50)
• Dual inheritance theory (55:00)
• Lightning round (01:01:00):
  • Book: Origin of Species by Charles Darwin and The Secret of our Successand The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich
  • Passion: being stewards of the natural world
  • Heart sing: stewarding prosociality
• Find David online:
  • Website: https://davidsloanwilson.world/
  • Twitter: @David_S_Wilson
  • Prosocial Commons: https://thisviewoflife.com/introducing-the-prosocial-commons/
• 'Five-Cut Fridays’ five-song music playlist series  
  • David’s playlist