@davidsloanwilson.bsky.social
Evolutionary scientist
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Binghamton University
President, www.ProSocial.World
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Binghamton University
President, www.ProSocial.World
I was lucky to interact with playwright Tom Stoppard, who drew upon my work on altruism for his play The Hard Problem. Here is a remembrance: www.prosocial.world/posts/farewe.... @prosocialworld.bsky.social
Farewell Tom Stoppard: A Genius for Animating the Hard Problems
Tom Stoppard’s extraordinary gift for bringing the hardest problems in philosophy and science to life reminds us why storytellers remain essential to public understanding.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I was lucky to interact with playwright Tom Stoppard, who drew upon my work on altruism for his play The Hard Problem. Here is a remembrance: www.prosocial.world/posts/farewe.... @prosocialworld.bsky.social
Powerful!
They may have the money, but we have the people! Today, in our first installment of “Voices of Seattle,” we are proud to feature longtime community advocate Cynthia Green, namesake of the Cynthia Green Family Center.
youtu.be/Z7Y1PuD8F_g
youtu.be/Z7Y1PuD8F_g
VOICES of SEATTLE, PT. 1
YouTube video by Katie Wilson for Seattle
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October 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Powerful!
Join me online for a symposium in Multilevel Selection and ProSocial at OsloMet University, Tuesday, Sept 30. www.prosocial.world/events/sympo.... @prosocialworld.bsky.social
Symposium on Multi-Level Selection and PROSOCIAL
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September 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Join me online for a symposium in Multilevel Selection and ProSocial at OsloMet University, Tuesday, Sept 30. www.prosocial.world/events/sympo.... @prosocialworld.bsky.social
That’s my daughter! Now somebody ask what she can do with a yo-yo😀@wilsonforseattle
August 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
That’s my daughter! Now somebody ask what she can do with a yo-yo😀@wilsonforseattle
Highly recommended!
🌍 How can we build more trust and collaboration in the groups and networks we care about?
Becoming ProSocial is the right path if you want to practice psychological flexibility and listening in your community.
🔗Learn more: courses.prosocial.world/course/becom...
Becoming ProSocial is the right path if you want to practice psychological flexibility and listening in your community.
🔗Learn more: courses.prosocial.world/course/becom...
Becoming ProSocial
This guided learning journey will introduce the basics of the ProSocial method as an applied change process and welcome participants into our growing global ProSocial Commons community. This course provides weekly peer-group meetings to discuss, explore and deepen the work. Participants will be supported in identifying and working on their particular collaborative needs and goals.
courses.prosocial.world
July 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Highly recommended!
I highly recommend this live podcast titled "Democracy's Deep Roots: From Hunter-Gatherers to Modern Society: www.prosocial.world/events/democ.... @prosocialworld.bsky.social @vivek123.bsky.social
Democracy’s Deep Roots: From Hunter-Gatherers to Modern Society A conversation between Vivek Venkataraman and David Sloan Wilson
Free Live Discussion and Q&A with the Speakers
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May 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I highly recommend this live podcast titled "Democracy's Deep Roots: From Hunter-Gatherers to Modern Society: www.prosocial.world/events/democ.... @prosocialworld.bsky.social @vivek123.bsky.social
Don't miss this live podcast on decolonizing ecology, in which you can take part! @prosocialworld.bsky.social. www.prosocial.world/events/live-...
Decolonizing Ecology: Rethinking Nature in a Broken World A conversation between Madhusudan Katti and Amitangshu Acharya
Free Live Podcast Event and Q&A with the Speakers
www.prosocial.world
April 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Don't miss this live podcast on decolonizing ecology, in which you can take part! @prosocialworld.bsky.social. www.prosocial.world/events/live-...
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It's a good day when a couple of top researchers say we need to invest more in a research agenda for prosocial design. We couldn't agree more!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A research agenda for encouraging prosocial behaviour on social media - Nature Human Behaviour
Dörr et al. argue that research on social media has mainly focused on antisocial behaviours and call for more research on the ways in which social media platforms can empower prosocial behaviour.
www.nature.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It's a good day when a couple of top researchers say we need to invest more in a research agenda for prosocial design. We couldn't agree more!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My daughter, Katie Wilson, is running for Mayor of Seattle! Here is the campaign website. Please bring to the attention of Seattle residents. Here’s the website: wilsonforseattle.com
And here’s today’s press coverage:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
And here’s today’s press coverage:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Home | Elect Katie Wilson
I love this city and I know that we can solve our most pressing problems and accomplish great things together. We don’t have to settle for half measures. But we need to take initiative. We need to be ...
wilsonforseattle.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My daughter, Katie Wilson, is running for Mayor of Seattle! Here is the campaign website. Please bring to the attention of Seattle residents. Here’s the website: wilsonforseattle.com
And here’s today’s press coverage:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
And here’s today’s press coverage:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Me after a day of meetings....
March 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Me after a day of meetings....
Happy Darwin Day! Here are two essays written for the occasion. One by me: www.prosocial.world/posts/happy-...
Happy Darwin Day! How Darwinism Can Help Us Flourish in 2025
Darwinism, properly understood, is far more relevant to evolving a better world than most people currently realize.
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February 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Happy Darwin Day! Here are two essays written for the occasion. One by me: www.prosocial.world/posts/happy-...
This Friday's ProSocial World seminar features stories from our ProSocial Action Lab. It will be a great way to learn how we work with groups in real-world settings. @prosocialworld.bsky.social. www.prosocial.world/events/semin...
Seminar: Stories of Change from the ProSocial Action Lab
Free Seminar and Q&A Session
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December 12, 2024 at 1:15 AM
This Friday's ProSocial World seminar features stories from our ProSocial Action Lab. It will be a great way to learn how we work with groups in real-world settings. @prosocialworld.bsky.social. www.prosocial.world/events/semin...
I would watch that show—and invite them over!
I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them
December 9, 2024 at 11:16 AM
I would watch that show—and invite them over!
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What does Cultural Evolutionary Psychology bring to the table? In their new article, K. Baraghith & C. Feldbacher-Escamilla argue that it generalizably shows that cognitive products & cog. mechanisms are subject to recursive cultural evolution 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #evosky
Cultural Evolutionary Psychology as Generalization by Recursion - Journal for General Philosophy of Science
Cultural evolutionary psychology (CEP) accounts for the cultural evolution of cognition. It is based on evolutionary psychology and cultural evolutionary theory and aims at a synthetic attempt which i...
link.springer.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:40 AM
What does Cultural Evolutionary Psychology bring to the table? In their new article, K. Baraghith & C. Feldbacher-Escamilla argue that it generalizably shows that cognitive products & cog. mechanisms are subject to recursive cultural evolution 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #evosky
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New special collection on Prediction, Creativity, and
Cultural Evolution in Music Cognition. Introductory editorial from Popescu, Schiavio and Haiduk here: doi.org/10.5334/joc....
Cultural Evolution in Music Cognition. Introductory editorial from Popescu, Schiavio and Haiduk here: doi.org/10.5334/joc....
Editorial for the special issue on “Prediction, Creativity, and Cultural Evolution in Music Cognition” | Journal of Cognition
The Journal of Cognition, the official journal of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, publishes reviews, empirical articles (including registered reports), data reports, stimulus developmen...
doi.org
December 3, 2024 at 11:57 AM
New special collection on Prediction, Creativity, and
Cultural Evolution in Music Cognition. Introductory editorial from Popescu, Schiavio and Haiduk here: doi.org/10.5334/joc....
Cultural Evolution in Music Cognition. Introductory editorial from Popescu, Schiavio and Haiduk here: doi.org/10.5334/joc....
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The Special Feature “Half a Century of Cultural Evolution” explores 50 years of cultural evolution, its challenges, and key impacts, offering insights to shape the field's future. Read the collection: www.pnas.org/topic/565.
December 5, 2024 at 3:39 PM
The Special Feature “Half a Century of Cultural Evolution” explores 50 years of cultural evolution, its challenges, and key impacts, offering insights to shape the field's future. Read the collection: www.pnas.org/topic/565.
Hello! I'm delighted to join Bluesky. I look forward to connecting with those interested in all things evolutionary and especially positive cultural evolutionary change efforts in the real world. Please visit my nonprofit, www.prosocial.world for more.
ProSocial World | Consciously evolve a world that works for all
We believe that to catalyze rapid, positive cultural change we need to recognize our interconnectedness and continuously improve the relationships we have with ourselves, each other and the planet.
www.prosocial.world
December 6, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Hello! I'm delighted to join Bluesky. I look forward to connecting with those interested in all things evolutionary and especially positive cultural evolutionary change efforts in the real world. Please visit my nonprofit, www.prosocial.world for more.