...a community's supply of social rewards is limited, so we're often competing to show more loyalty than others--to engage in a holier than thou arms race. And this leads to the kind of extreme displays and exaggerated features we find across the biological world. #RobinHanson

- November 28, 2024

...a community's supply of social rewards is limited, so we're often competing to show more loyalty than others--to engage in a holier than thou arms race. And this leads to the kind of extreme displays and exaggerated features we find across the biological world. #RobinHanson
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...a community's supply of social rewards is limited, so we're often competing to show more loyalty than others--to engage in a holier than thou arms race. And this leads to the kind of extreme displays and exaggerated features we find across the biological world. #RobinHanson

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