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The Birth of Social Intelligence
The ability to make sense out of the actions of others is critical to people’s daily functioning. Adults are social experts: They understand that people’s actions are directed at goals and are driven by intentions. In this article, the authors highlight key findings from studies examining … Continue reading
The evolution of animal ‘cultures’ and social intelligence
Decades-long field research has flowered into integrative studies that, together with experimental evidence for the requisite social learning capacities, have indicated a reliance on multiple traditions (‘cultures’) in a small number of species. It is increasingly evident that there is great variation … Continue reading
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Deleuze Appreciating the Intelligence of Insects
This article will be a brief examination of the some of the concepts found in the philosophy of the French writer Gilles Deleuze, with the ant colony as an example of how its insights can be applied. The philosophy of … Continue reading
Can We Learn to Treat One Another Better? A Social Intelligence Curriculum
This paper reports on the first test of the value of an online curriculum in Social Intelligence (SI). Built from current social and cognitive neuroscience research findings, the 50 session SI program was administered, with facilitation in Spanish by classroom … Continue reading
Cooperation and Human Cognition: the Vygotskian Intelligence hypothesis
Nicholas Humphrey’s social intelligence hypothesis proposed that the major engine of primate cognitive evolution was social competition. Lev Vygotsky also emphasized the social dimension of intelligence, but he focused on human primates and cultural things such as collaboration, communication, and … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Cultural cognition, Humans, Social cooperation, Social intelligence
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Swarmwise – Guide to Change the World using Swarm Methodology
Somewhere today, a loose-knit group of activists who are having fun is dropkicking a rich, established organization so hard they are making heads spin. Rich and resourceful organizations are used to living by the golden rule — “those with the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Social innovation, Social intelligence, Swarm, Swarm cognition, Swarm creativity, Swarm intelligence, Swarm metodology
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From Emotional Intelligence to Systems Intelligence
Emotional intelligence helps us to understand and manage our own emotions as well as other people’s emotions towards us. Social intelligence, on the other hand, concentrates on social situations like how we interact with other people and how well we … Continue reading
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