| Autor: |
Schimmelpfennig R; Department of Organizational Behavior, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Chavannes-près-Renens, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland., Razek L; Department of Biology, McGill University, Dr Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Canada H3A 1B1., Schnell E; Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK., Muthukrishna M; Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK.; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences [Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci] 2022 Jan 31; Vol. 377 (1843), pp. 20200316. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 13. |
| DOI: |
10.1098/rstb.2020.0316 |
| Abstrakt: |
Human societies are collective brains. People within every society have cultural brains-brains that have evolved to selectively seek out adaptive knowledge and socially transmit solutions. Innovations emerge at a population level through the transmission of serendipitous mistakes, incremental improvements and novel recombinations. The rate of innovation through these mechanisms is a function of (1) a society's size and interconnectedness (sociality), which affects the number of models available for learning; (2) fidelity of information transmission, which affects how much information is lost during social learning; and (3) cultural trait diversity, which affects the range of possible solutions available for recombination. In general, and perhaps surprisingly, all three levers can increase and harm innovation by creating challenges around coordination, conformity and communication. Here, we focus on the 'paradox of diversity'-that cultural trait diversity offers the largest potential for empowering innovation, but also poses difficult challenges at both an organizational and societal level. We introduce 'cultural evolvability' as a framework for tackling these challenges, with implications for entrepreneurship, polarization and a nuanced understanding of the effects of diversity. This framework can guide researchers and practitioners in how to reap the benefits of diversity by reducing costs. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'The emergence of collective knowledge and cumulative culture in animals, humans and machines'. |
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