Like Ants : A Model for Human Civilization?

Intro -- Top Dogs -- The Herd -- The Past -- Belief -- Conventional Wisdom -- The Roots of Civilization -- Systems and Metasystems -- Metasystems -- Real Life Examples -- The Nature of Systems and Metasystems -- Compound Metasystems -- Wheels Within Wheels -- Living on Autopilot -- A System as a Life Form -- The Village -- Swarm Intelligence -- Trade -- The Agricultural Revolution -- The Conquest -- Taking the Village -- The Occupied Village -- Castes -- The Lucifer Effect -- Soldiers and Slaves -- The Cash Economy -- Makers and Takers -- A Community of Friends and Enemies -- The New Order -- The New Takers -- Lawyers -- Managers -- Schools -- School Sports -- Advanced Education -- The Einstellung Effect -- Plans -- The Persuaders -- Propaganda and Advertising -- Collateral Propaganda -- Barnum's Law -- Propaganda and Education -- Advertising -- Subliminal Suggestion -- The Subliminal Content of Entertainment -- False Memories -- The Mind Benders -- Chain Media -- The War on the Family -- Youth in Rebellion -- The Battle of the Sexes -- Women's Work -- The Plight of the Children -- Day Care -- Breeding Like Insects -- The Final Steps -- Recap -- Wrapping It Up.

Turnbull challenges conventional wisdom about how human civilization developed. Most species survive for half a million years, while humanity is already about one million years old. We survive because we cooperate, he says. However, ants have been around for at least 100 times as long. Should we act more like them, or have we gone too far already?.

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