Odd question but has anyone seen a good analysis exploring the relationship between our biological hardwiring and current economic systems?
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There's a whole field called "Neuroeconomics" which studies how the brain is wired to make decisions related to economics.
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you are amazing. thank you! I didn't know what to call "one level deeper than behavioral economics" thanks for deciphering ;)
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wrapping my head around UBI models a bit more and was just curious where they will and won't clash with biological imperatives
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Sort of, more basic. Trying to understand how these emerging post-scarcity models will / won't work given we're wired for scarcity
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hahaha oh the world is a fun place when all roads lead back to Wes! :)
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- this is a fun topic. an amusing tangent looking at economic behaviors amongst primates: works.swarthmore.edu/cgi/viewconten
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incredible to see how things like altruistic transfers manifest w/ primates! we've abstracted many levels up so it's helpful!
...directly but cover fundamentals of social psych/group identity/social trust/social capital that are essential to meaning making..
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