A Tale of Two Selves

Authors:   Sigmund K, Nowak MA

Publication Year:   2000

Reference:  IIASA Interim Report IR-00-068

Abstract

How did cooperation and communication evolve in human society? In a provocative Perspective, Sigmund and Nowak write about a recent meeting on this subject that drew comparisons between termites and humans, and genes and memes, and pointed out how irrational human behavior is a crucial (and often underestimated) component of economic exchange in human society.

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