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[That] the driving force of the evolution of human intelligence was the coordination of multiple cognitive systems to pursue complex, shared goals [is called] the social brain hypothesis. It attributes the increase in intelligence to the increasing size and complexity of hominid social groups. Living in a group confers advantages, as we have seen with hunting, but it also demands certain cognitive abilities. It requires the ability to communicate in sophisticated ways, to understand and incorpor
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― The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone
― The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone
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He did not like old people, and resented it when he was invited to meet only persons of his own age, and the young he found vapid.
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― The Razor’s Edge
― The Razor’s Edge