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By Susan Hanisch, Dustin Eirdosh In Education

Evolution Education Without Borders: A Collection of Essays on Teaching Evolution as an Interdisciplinary Science

Empowering students with the tools for understanding evolutionary processes will help them take on leadership roles in evolving the future of education itself.

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By Tim O’Reilly, David Sloan Wilson In Business

The Third Way of Entrepreneurship in the Internet Age: A Conversation with Tim O’Reilly

The Internet represents the ideal model to understand The Third Way alternative to laissez-faire and centralized planning.

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By John Shaver In Religion

How Does Religion Affect Maternal Fertility and Child Development?

Religious cooperation extends to alloparenting and that higher levels of cooperation among religious mothers can help to explain their higher fertility.

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Podcast

The Third Way in the Internet Age with Tim O’Reilly

Listen: Spotify - Google - Apple - Stitcher Modern life has been transformed by electronic communication, starting with the telegraph and now…

Tim O’Reilly
June 29, 2020

Business Economy

Urban Planning and the Third Way: A Conversation with Daniel T. O’Brien

Smart cities allow a comparison of laissez-faire, centralized planning, and the Third Way of entrepreneurship…

Daniel T. O’Brien, David Sloan Wilson
June 25, 2020

Politics

Sacred Values, Social Identities, and Extremist Violence

Research indicates that when sacred values and fused identities combine they create a potent mix.

Nafees Hamid
June 23, 2020

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Podcast

Smart Cities and the Third Way with Dan O’Brien

Urban planning represents one kind of positive change effort that has suffered from excessive reliance…

Daniel T. O’Brien
June 22, 2020

Business Economy Politics

The Role of the Market in the Third Way of Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Peter Boettke

Markets have a role to play, but they must be structured so that the cultural…

Peter Boettke, David Sloan Wilson
June 18, 2020

Biology Health

The Cheating Cell: An Interview with Athena Aktipis

Understanding why and how both Twitter bots and cancer cells create conflict in different kinds…

Alan Honick, Athena Aktipis
June 15, 2020

Podcast

Science as a Moral System with Robert T. Pennock

Listen: Spotify - Google - Apple - Stitcher Science is often imagined as limited to the "facts" and deliberately set apart from…

David Sloan Wilson
June 15, 2020

Podcast

Libertarianism and the Third Way

Listen: Spotify - Google - Apple - Stitcher The economic and political school of thought known as Libertarianism is most closely associated…

Peter Boettke
June 15, 2020

Podcast

Economics, Public Policy, and the Third Way

Listen: Spotify - Google - Apple - Stitcher The economics profession includes many schools of thought–some that emphasize laissez-faire, others that emphasize…

David Colander
June 11, 2020

Economy Politics

The Third Way of Entrepreneurship and the Art of Public Policy: A Conversation with David Colander

There are many sectors of the economy where for-benefit corporations are a better structure than…

David Colander, David Sloan Wilson
June 11, 2020

Morality Politics Race

Black Lives Matter and Intersectional Conflict

Cooperation itself is less important than the terms on which it is established and sustained.

Nancy Folbre
June 9, 2020

Morality Politics Religion

Moral Rigidity Evolved to Strengthen Bonds Within Groups

Moral rigidity and its intimate link to in-group boundaries may have evolved so as to…

Antoine Marie
June 8, 2020

Podcast

Socialism, Capitalism, and the Third Way of National Governance

Geoffrey Hodgson, a scholar of economics and the social sciences, explains how both forms of…

Geoffrey Hodgson
June 4, 2020

Politics

Socialism, Capitalism, and the Third Way of National Governance: A Conversation with Geoffrey Hodgson

The failure of laissez-faire and centralized planning, revealing the need for the Third Way of…

Geoffrey Hodgson, David Sloan Wilson
June 4, 2020

Economy History Philosophy Politics

Pragmatism as the Third Way of Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Trygve Throntveit

Positive systemic change must be the target of selection. Alternative social practices must be oriented…

Trygve Throntveit, David Sloan Wilson
May 28, 2020

Anthropology Culture

Cooperation Through Cultural Group Selection

Cultural forces are far greater than genetic predisposition or geographic proximity in promoting cooperation with…

Joe Allen
May 25, 2020

Podcast

Pragmatism and the Third Way with Trygve Throntveit

Listen: Spotify - Google - Apple - Stitcher In the late 19th century, a tiny group of intellectuals who called themselves Pragmatists…

Trygve Throntveit
May 24, 2020

Podcast

Evolving the Future of Corporations: A Conversation with Toby Shannan

A major corporation is teaming up with evolutionary scientists to help achieve its laudable goals…

Eric Michael Johnson
May 23, 2020

Business Culture Economy

Evolution, Complexity, and the Third Way of Entrepreneurship

A modern understanding of human cultural evolution reveals the conventional laissez-faire view of entrepreneurship as…

David Sloan Wilson
May 20, 2020

Politics

Extremist Groups Require the Greatest Trust Among Members

Good signals are those which clearly differentiate membership in one group versus another; even stronger…

Melissa McDonald
May 14, 2020

Biology

Solving the Evolutionary Puzzle of Twinning

While twinning itself carries risks, the underlying trait which leads to the most common type…

Rebecca Sear
May 11, 2020

History Politics

Terrorism and the Apocalyptic

Apocalyptic ideas motivate much of the most virulent political violence in the world, stirring what…

Charles B. Strozier
May 7, 2020

Podcast

Tightening and Loosening Up for the Coronavirus Pandemic with Michele Gelfand

TVOL's first podcast with Michele Gelfand explored an axis of cultural variation from "tight" (strong…

Michele Gelfand
May 5, 2020

Mind Psychology

A New Form of Consciousness

Steven Hayes’ new book, "A Liberated Mind" marks an inflection point in the evolution of…

Anthony Biglan
May 4, 2020

Health Sports

The Physical Activity Mismatch: Can Evolutionary Perspectives Inform Exercise Recommendations?

It’s highly likely that some degree of mismatch exists between our modern environment and the…

James Steele
May 3, 2020

Politics

Darwinizing the Federalist Papers: Epilogue

This epilogue provides key references for you to deepen your knowledge, including the academic literature,…

Publius
May 1, 2020

Anthropology Health

Did Paleolithic People Suffer From Kidney Disease?

Paleo-type diets by limiting salt and sugar should help limit damage to the blood vessels…

Lynda Frassetto
April 29, 2020

Education

Finding Purpose in Evolution Education

Helping students understand the evolution of our human sense of purpose should be the central…

Dustin Eirdosh, Susan Hanisch
April 27, 2020

Podcast

Finding Purpose in Evolution Education: A Conversation with Susan Hanisch and Dustin Eirdosh

Listen: Spotify - Google - Apple - Stitcher Susan Hanisch and Dustin Eirdosh are the co-founders of the non-profit organization Global ESD…

Susan Hanisch, Dustin Eirdosh
April 26, 2020

Politics

We Are All Socialists, Globalists, Democrats, Capitalists, Environmentalists, Technologists, and Scientists

Combining these social identities into a UNION can result in a transformation of politics.

Publius
April 23, 2020

Health

Pandemic: A Global Opportunity for National Renewal or Deterioration

Pandemics spread among human populations because the viruses and bacteria that cause them exploit a…

Scott Atran
April 20, 2020

Business Economy Politics

The Crisis of Capitalism

We must evolve a form of capitalism that minimizes harm and maximizes benefit.

Anthony Biglan
April 16, 2020

Politics

Why Capitalism Fails

Under free-market capitalism, greed becomes good and traditional moral systems become obsolete.

Publius
April 14, 2020

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