Dr. David Sloan Wilson: What Makes Human Cooperation Possible

Stories of Impact brings back some of our favorite conversations this season - today it's about what contributes to making human cooperation possible, initially aired during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. David Sloan Wilson is a biological sciences researcher at Binghamton University, and he explains what actually makes teamwork dream work, how cultures engender or discourage cooperation, and how to get people from different backgrounds to cooperate during times of crisis.

Learn more about David Sloan Wilson and the Evolution Institute.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Elinor Ostrom
• Michelle Gelfand’s Tight and Loose Cultures
• Robert Putnuam’s Bowling Alone
  
  
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