Belief and Decision. The Power of Maps. Maps are both necessary tools for analysis and crucial delivery visuals for foresight and warning products. They constitute a very powerful type of delivery form, as they change both the world and the mind. The pivotal importance of maps and of the process of mapping has notably been shown, in the case of the birth of nations and of nationalism, by two remarkable books: Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson and Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation by Winichakul Thongchai. Building upon the findings of those master-works, as well as on my own (PhD) research, this post explains the power of maps and then outlines contemporary evolutions, examples and possibilities. As maps influence our way to perceive the world, they also allow for the creation of new political actions, and make possible what hitherto had been unthinkable of.
What you would get is something like this, where only the most salient geographical features that allow for bearings are marked: David Brooks: The social animal. Psychologie et écologie. PsycNET - Display Record.
Gifted, HP people and geniuses. The persistence of social signatures in human communication | Papers. In Conversation with Daniel Kahneman - 06 - 2012. LSE and Hay Festivals public conversation Date: Friday 1 June 2012 Time: 1-2pm Venue: Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street Speaker: Professor Daniel Kahneman Discussant: Professor Paul Dolan Chair: Evan Davis This public conversation with Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman hosted by LSE and the Hay Festivals| will focus on his best selling book Thinking, Fast and Slow. Professor Kahneman will be signing copies of his book after the event.
Daniel Kahneman is Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Princeton University and a Professor of Public Affairs Emeritus at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Paul Dolan is Professor of Behavioural Science in the Department of Social Policy at the LSE. Evan Davis joined the presenter team on Today in April 2008 following a six-and-a-half year stint as the BBC's economics editor. Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #Kahneman Podcast & Video Twitter and Facebook Accessibility.
When Are Two Heads Better than One and Why? | Papers. Cooperation and the evolution of intelligence | Papers. Signalling and the Evolution of Cooperative Foraging in Dynamic Environments. Abstract Understanding cooperation in animal social groups remains a significant challenge for evolutionary theory. Observed behaviours that benefit others but incur some cost appear incompatible with classical notions of natural selection; however, these behaviours may be explained by concepts such as inclusive fitness, reciprocity, intra-specific mutualism or manipulation. In this work, we examine a seemingly altruistic behaviour, the active recruitment of conspecifics to a food resource through signalling. Here collective, cooperative behaviour may provide highly nonlinear benefits to individuals, since group functionality has the potential to be far greater than the sum of the component parts, for example by enabling the effective tracking of a dynamic resource.
We show that due to this effect, signalling to others is an evolutionarily stable strategy under certain environmental conditions, even when there is a cost associated to this behaviour. Author Summary Figures Introduction . . The Cognitive Science of Science: Explanation, Discovery, and Conceptual Change (by Paul Thagard) | CxBooks. Neuroevolution Results in Emergence of Short-Term Memory for Goal-Directed Behavior | Papers. Neuroevolution Results in Emergence of Short-Term Memory for Goal-Directed Behavior. How phrasing affects memorability. Bernardo Huberman - "Social Media and Attention" | Talks. Digital Library in Complex Systems Studies - ASSYSTComplexity.