My Theory of Human Evolution (directory)
- Diversity in Learning (article)
- How Economics Shaped Human Nature (talk)
posts
- Christmas rituals and gifts
- American Idol side-by-side comparison
- scrapbooking art and artists
- business book specialization
- music video side-by-side comparison
- diet sodas side-by-side comparison
- omiyage rituals and gifts
- blogs and fan clubs spread of technical knowledge
- red stained glass early art = material science
- fancy chocolates connoisseurship and gift rituals support material science
- computer chips art = material science
- amazon.com gift wrapping and material science
- Planet Earth relation to the Aquatic Ape theory
- guitars/do animals like music? enjoyment of music supports material science
- art and quasi-reinforcement art and quasi-reinforcement act as ramps
- the pleasure of crafts
- language
- early value system artisanal values
- intricate art desire for intricacy advances technology
- Henry Rosenthal Pennant Collection collectors support skilled artisans
- Make magazine the hobby instinct
- osechi holidays support artisans
- Easter tradition holidays support artisans
- gift cards gifts support artisans
- frugal materials love of art –> material-science research
- the cellphone effect the first words facilitated trade
- micropygmies hunter-gatherers with trade different from those without trade
- autism autistic “obsessions” reveal a universal tendency toward expertise
- Fourth of July holidays increase demand for finely-made stuff
- Chinese birthday gift gifts support artisans in a different culture
- fixing bike pumps single words help traders find each other
- the curious case of to have to have is different from other verbs, which supports the idea that language was first used to tell who has what
- bells figured heavily in the beginning of metallurgy
- Beijing furniture shopping illustrates points about taste, decoration, and the attractiveness of matching stuff
