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The Evolution Of A Renegade - David Sloan Wilson Feb 17, 2020

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David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist.
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•The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins
•River Out Of Eden, by Richard Dawkins
•The Descent Of Man, by Charles Darwin
•Animal Dispersion In Relation To Social Behavior, by Vero Wynne-Edwards
•Adaptation And Natural Selection, by George C Williams
•'Reintroducing Group Selection to the Human Behavioral Sciences', 1994 paper by David Sloan Wilson & Eliot Sober
•The Meaning Of Human Existence, by E O Wilson
•'Gender and Politics Among Anthropologists in the Units of Selection Debate', 2014 survey by Yaworsky, Horowitz & Kickham
•The Man In The Grey Flannel Suit, by Sloan Wilson
•Sociobiology, by E O Wilson
•Governing The Commons, by Elinor Ostrom
•Animal Species And Evolution, by Ernst Mayr
•Simpson's paradox
•'The False Allure of Group Selection', Steven Pinker's Edge.org article
•'Understanding and Sharing Intentions: The Origins of Cultural Cognition', 2005 article by Mike Tomasello et al
•Dave's conversation with Jonathan Birch
•Darwin's Cathedral, by David Sloan...

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The Intellectual Wild South - Eric Weinstein Jan 30, 2020

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Eric Weinstein is a mathematician and the Managing Director of Thiel Capital.

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The Silent Hero Of The Australian Economy - Ian Macfarlane Jan 15, 2020

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Ian Macfarlane was Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1996 to 2006. He is the author of The Search For Stability and Ten...

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The Modern Empiricist Proving Old Wisdom On Household Debt And Recession - Amir Sufi Dec 19, 2019

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Amir Sufi is the Bruce Lindsay Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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How To Build A Future More Like Star Trek Than Terminator - Andrew Leigh Nov 18, 2019

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Dr Andrew Leigh MP is a member of the Australian federal parliament. He is currently Labor's Shadow Assistant...

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The Untold Tale Of How One Ruthless Company Subjugated A Subcontinent - William Dalrymple Nov 04, 2019

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William Dalrymple is an acclaimed historian and travel writer. He lives nine months of the year on a...

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On Radical Uncertainty, "Phantastic Objects", And Blowing Bubbles - David Tuckett Oct 16, 2019

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David Tuckett is a psychoanalyst, Professor, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty at...

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Lifting The Veil On Sydney's Crime And Skulduggery - Kate McClymont Sep 30, 2019

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Kate McClymont is Australia's most awarded journalist. An investigative reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald, she is famous...

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Markets And The Madness Of Crowds - Robert Shiller Sep 07, 2019

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Robert J. Shiller is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and one of the 2013 recipients of...

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The Dogged Journalist Who (May Have) Pricked A Property Bubble - Adele Ferguson Aug 09, 2019

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Adele Ferguson is an award-winning investigative journalist best known for her work exposing misconduct and fraud in the...

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