two things:
1) It is kind of nonsensical to think of any kind of "evolution from
egalitarianism to leadership and despotism." The notion of 'egalitarianism'
never occurred to European thinkers until the 15-16th century when explorers
discovered some Native American societies that exhibited this
The model's interesting. The supplemental info can be found here:
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263665
But it leaves me with a bit of an allergic reaction. Most of the variables (status, inequality parameter,
number of relationships). The proportion of status distributed, r, is an excep
t again.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/558306/a-fever-in-the-heartland-by-timothy-egan/-J.
Original message From: Nicholas Thompson
Date: 10/30/24 10:54 PM (GMT+01:00) To: The Friday
Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re:
[FRIAM] Evolutionary transitions between
Hi, Jochen,
Not sarcastic. It was to show the exploratory nature of such models. I
do believe that the most mysterious feature of charisma is the behavior of
the charasmees. However this election turns out, almost half the country
is about to willingly offer up it's political autonomy to a po
