The Acceleration of Cultural Change: From Ancestors to Algorithms
(Part of the Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life Series)
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How culture evolves through algorithms rather than knowledge inherited from ancestors. From our hunter-gatherer days, we humans evolved to be excellent throwers, chewers, and long-distance runners. We are highly social, crave Paleolithic snacks, and display some gendered difference resulting from mate selection. But we now find ourselves binge-viewing, texting while driving, and playing Minecraft. Only the collective acceleration of...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262036959
ISBN13:9780262036955
Release Date:August 2017
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.7" x 8.2"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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