Fwd: [SALT] Edward O. Wilson this FRIDAY Apr. 20
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From: "Stewart Brand" <s...@gbn.org>
To: "SALT list" <sa...@list.longnow.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:24:35 -0700
Subject: [SALT] Edward O. Wilson this FRIDAY Apr. 20
Edward Wilson's talk at the Exploratorium this Friday is sold out.
There might be a few seats for walk-ups if some people with tickets
don't show up. The theater seats 900, so you judge the odds. Long Now
members can listen in live from home---see links below. And a video of
the talk will be online in a couple weeks. You can also go directly to
the source: Wilson's talk is based on his new book, The Social Conquest
of Earth, available this week in bookstores and online.
Edward O. Wilson has revolutionized science and inspired the public more
often than any other living biologist. Now he is blending his pioneer
work on ants with a new perspective on human development to propose a
radical reframing of how evolution works.
First the social insects ruled, from 60 million years ago. Then a
species of social mammals took over, from 10 thousand years ago. Both
sets of “eusocial” animals mastered the supremely delicate art of
encouraging altruism, so that individuals in the groups would act as if
they value the goal of the group over their own goals. They would
specialize for the group and die for the group. In recent decades the
idea of “kin selection” seemed to explain how such an astonishing
phenomenon could evolve. Wilson replaces kin selection with
“multi-level selection,” which incorporates both individual
selection (long well understood) and group selection (long considered
taboo). Every human and every human society has to learn how to manage
adroitly the perpetual ambiguity and conflict between individual needs
and group needs.
"The Social Conquest of Earth," Edward O. Wilson, Palace of Fine Arts
Theater, Exploratorium, San Francisco, 7pm, Friday, April 20. The show
starts promptly at 7:30pm. This event is jointly sponsored by the
Exploratorium and The Long Now Foundation.
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