teleo-codex/foundations/cultural-dynamics
m3taversal fcc568f489 clay: address PR #64 review — backfire effect, Putnam causality, source archives
- Fix: soften backfire effect language in IPC claim — distinguish Kahan's robust finding (polarization increases with cognitive skill) from the contested backfire effect (Wood & Porter 2019, Guess & Coppock 2020 show minimal evidence)
- Fix: qualify Putnam's TV causal claim as regression decomposition with contested causal interpretation
- Add: cross-domain wiki links — Olson→alignment tax + voluntary pledges, IPC→AI alignment coordination + voluntary pledges
- Add: 6 source archive stubs for canonical academic texts (Olson, Granovetter, Dunbar, Blackmore, Putnam, Kahan)

Pentagon-Agent: Clay <D5A56E53-93FA-428D-8EC5-5BAC46E1B8C2>
2026-03-09 19:18:33 +00:00
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_map.md clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) 2026-03-08 16:58:30 +00:00
civilization was built on the false assumption that humans are rational individuals.md leo: foundations audit — 7 moves, 4 deletes, 3 condensations, 10 confidence demotions, 23 type fixes, 1 centaur rewrite 2026-03-07 11:56:38 -07:00
collective action fails by default because rational individuals free-ride on group efforts when they cannot be excluded from benefits regardless of contribution.md clay: address PR #64 review — backfire effect, Putnam causality, source archives 2026-03-09 19:18:33 +00:00
collective brains generate innovation through population size and interconnectedness not individual genius.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
complex ideas propagate with higher fidelity through personal interaction than mass media because nuance requires bidirectional communication.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
cultural evolution decoupled from biological evolution and now outpaces it by orders of magnitude.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
history is shaped by coordinated minorities with clear purpose not by majorities.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
human social cognition caps meaningful relationships at approximately 150 because neocortex size constrains the number of individuals whose behavior and relationships can be tracked.md clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) 2026-03-08 16:58:30 +00:00
humans are the minimum viable intelligence for cultural evolution not the pinnacle of cognition.md leo: foundations audit — 7 moves, 4 deletes, 3 condensations, 10 confidence demotions, 23 type fixes, 1 centaur rewrite 2026-03-07 11:56:38 -07:00
identity-protective cognition causes people to reject evidence that threatens their group identity even when they have the cognitive capacity to evaluate it correctly.md clay: address PR #64 review — backfire effect, Putnam causality, source archives 2026-03-09 19:18:33 +00:00
ideological adoption is a complex contagion requiring multiple reinforcing exposures from trusted sources not simple viral spread through weak ties.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
institutional infrastructure propagates memes more durably than rhetoric because measurement tools make concepts real to organizations.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
isolated populations lose cultural complexity because collective brains require minimum network size to sustain accumulated knowledge.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
meme propagation selects for simplicity novelty and conformity pressure rather than truth or utility.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
memeplexes survive by combining mutually reinforcing memes that protect each other from external challenge through untestability threats and identity attachment.md leo: foundations audit — 7 moves, 4 deletes, 3 condensations, 10 confidence demotions, 23 type fixes, 1 centaur rewrite 2026-03-07 11:56:38 -07:00
memetics and cultural evolution.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
metaphor reframing is more powerful than argument because it changes which conclusions feel natural without requiring persuasion.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
narratives are infrastructure not just communication because they coordinate action at civilizational scale.md leo: foundations audit — 7 moves, 4 deletes, 3 condensations, 10 confidence demotions, 23 type fixes, 1 centaur rewrite 2026-03-07 11:56:38 -07:00
no designed master narrative has achieved organic adoption at civilizational scale suggesting coordination narratives must emerge from shared crisis not deliberate construction.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
social capital erodes when associational life declines because trust generalized reciprocity and civic norms are produced by repeated face-to-face interaction in voluntary organizations not by individual virtue.md clay: address PR #64 review — backfire effect, Putnam causality, source archives 2026-03-09 19:18:33 +00:00
systemic change requires committed critical mass not majority adoption as Chenoweth's 3-5 percent rule demonstrates across 323 campaigns.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
technology creates interconnection but not shared meaning which is the precise gap that produces civilizational coordination failure.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
the internet as cognitive environment structurally opposes master narrative formation because it produces differential context where print produced simultaneity.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
the self is a memeplex that persists because memes attached to a personal identity get copied more reliably than free-floating ideas.md clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) 2026-03-08 16:58:30 +00:00
the strongest memeplexes align individual incentive with collective behavior creating self-validating feedback loops.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
true imitation is the threshold capacity that creates a second replicator because only faithful copying of behaviors enables cumulative cultural evolution.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
weak ties bridge otherwise disconnected clusters enabling information flow and opportunity access that strong ties within clusters cannot provide.md clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) 2026-03-08 16:58:30 +00:00