TY  - BOOK
AU  - Handwerker,W.Penn
TI  - Our story: how cultures shaped people to get things done 
SN  - 9781598746778 (hardback)
AV  - GN357.5 .H363 2015
U1  - 306 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Walnut Creek, California
PB  - Left Coast Press
KW  - Culture
KW  - Origin
KW  - Social evolution
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Introduction PART I: On Cultures Chapter 1: Cultures Originate in Intelligent Minds Chapter 2: Cultures Establish Moral Visions Chapter 3: Morally Ordered Behavior Gives Cultures Agency Chapter 4: Living Requires Many Cultures; Thriving Requires They Be Well Designed PART II: On the Properties of Mind That Produce Agency Chapter 5: Coercive Force Yields Morally Ordered Behavior Chapter 6: Cognitive Coercion May Kill You Before You Get Anywhere Chapter 7: Intelligence Makes for Disturbing Irony Technical Appendix References Index
N2  - "The story of human evolution, or Our Story, is about the development and refinement of cultures. Individuals cannot do things on their own, this book argues; their choices are driven by heuristics, biases, illogical preferences, and irrational assumptions about the nature of reality. So how did humanity survive? By forming more and more successful cultures, which are teams of people who share a specific vision of the world. Because cultures-as-teams are more effective if there is a strong correspondence among the members, they select individuals who clarify the team's vision and force compliance to that vision. Thus, cultures-as-teams are powerful agents for change in the world. They offer the individual the opportunity to accomplish unimaginable goals, but they can also destroy him or her in the process"--
ER  -