Does the deep past live with us, encoded in the structure of our institutions?

I explore how sociality underpins the evolution of big life.

People tend to become more individualistic at the same time that hierarchy grows. What explains this paradox?

What if the free market has never been about freedom?

Sometimes scientists fall victim to a base human instinct — the need to conform. When they do, we need revolutionary scientists to put science back on track.

I continue to explore how our evolved sociality explains resource distribution. I discuss the power ethos — the idea that individuals get resources in proportion to their social influence.

It’s time to put economics in line with the rest of science. We need a theory of resource distribution that accepts our evolved sociality.