Night School
Fire provided a new context for social interaction when food was brought to a central site for cooking.
Working Memory and Consciousness
"As far as we know, prior to the emergence of stories the universe contained just two levels of reality. Stories added a third."
Attribution Errors
How can we be sure that culture really is important, compared to genes and individual learning?
Fusion Is More Powerful Than Fission
Conflict is not fundamental to who we are as humans. It is a byproduct of our more collaborative tendencies.
Fifty Men, a Hundred Years
Socially negotiated meanings can change couldn’t into could and borrowing and reorganizing into Creation itself.
The Culture of Childhood and the Science of Learning
"In heaven there will be no law, and the lion shall lie down with the lamb ... In hell there will be nothing but law, and due process will be meticulously observed."
Behavior and Transmission
Our shared understanding is forged not in isolation, but through the active transmission and careful stewardship of knowledge from one to another.