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Great coverage by The Verge of our work on how ChatGPT is changing the way we speak. The implications are very broad, with AI being potentailly able to conduct mass manipulation of culture and public opinion. theverge.com/openai/686748/…

Nice pop press piece in science on how people in different populations see the world quite differently using visual illusions. Confirms prior work with larger samples and better methods. Mohammad Atari Michael Muthukrishna Asifa Majid science.org/content/articl…

The missing link in the grooming gangs report: cousin marriage. Incredible that Casey missed this! thetimes.com/article/b33d99…

Great to see Kemi Badenoch throwing the full weight of the Conservatives Party behind tacking cousin marriage head-on A strong policy position that’s backed up by a lot of evidence from Michael Muthukrishna, Patrick Nash and many others and really brought to the fore by Matthew Syed

🌍 Big news! UN Development & University of Oxford published today an article that presents the concept of the #NatureRelationshipIndex in #NatureMagazine—redefining progress beyond GDP and HDI.  nature.com/articles/s4158… A step towards #NaturePositive development.  📖 Read more:

Is it morally wrong to have too much money? In our new paper, just out in PNAS Nexus, we (with Jackson Trager ) addressed the question: THREAD

The fastest rising age group on sickness benefits is 25-34 year olds: up 69% in just five years

Why does the massive surge in incapacity benefits bear no relation to the surveyed level of actual health issues in the country?

Peter misses the argument here, making the entire piece misleading. Once you understand the actual argument, the aDNA data is largely supportive. See below

How can we inspire stronger action on nature? LSE Psychological & Behavioural Science Michael Muthukrishna (Michael Muthukrishna) is part of an international team calling for a “Nature Relationship Index", to sit alongside the Human Development Index. Out this week in nature (£): nature.com/articles/s4158…

I enjoy the Economist but it’s odd to neglect young people’s love & happiness? Farahzadi finds 60% of British Pakistanis are wed to someone from overseas My research suggests that if brides cannot freely select for loving devotion, then parents prioritise their wants & networks

Religion is the original source code of civilization. We’re still running the same code, but deleting the God bit seems to have made it a bit more unstable.

Any recommendations for a good evolution oriented intro psych textbook? Gray & Bjorkland's Psychology isn’t being renewed.

New PNAS paper (Great work Ivan Kroupin): The cultural construction of executive function. By comparing cognitive development in diverse communities, with & without schools, we find different cognitive developmental trajectories. Michael Muthukrishna pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107…

This is ABSURD TfL IS NOW IMPLYING THAT LFG PUT THE GRAFFITI THERE Rather than admit they aren't doing their jobs, they're pretending Joe and Looking for Growth volunteers are criminals! Do your jobs. Clean the tubes. Don't smear the people doing your jobs for you because you won't!

The Abundance and Growth Fund at Open Philanthropy is hiring! We’re looking for 2-4 people to help expand this new $120+ million program to accelerate economic growth and reduce the cost of living through strategic grantmaking and research. (1/4) openphilanthropy.org/research/annou…

Remarkable shift in the zeitgeist

Opinion: Britain and Europe need to get serious about air conditioning on.ft.com/44sxu1G

Time for a land value tax as the surest way to avert national decline and bankruptcy 👇 thetimes.com/article/9fafa6…

✨Did markets make Americans more cooperative❓🔍 ✅YES‼️ Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎 We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior 🧵 👇 1/17