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Social Slime – Dominance, Sharing, and Privacy in Microbes Dec 5, 2017

Slime molds exhibit dominance, sharing, and privacy at the microbe level of life.

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Dominance, Sharing, and Privacy (DSP), The Three Principles of Sociality Nov 28, 2017

Dominance, Sharing, and Privacy (Property) are fundamental ways to deal with conflict.  

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The Difference Between a Proprietor and a Sovereign Oct 3, 2017

There seems to be a lot of similarities between a proprietor and a sovereign, yet there are significant differences.

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The Denying the Market Fallacy May 15, 2017

Every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all.

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Self-Ownership and the Alternatives Oct 16, 2016

What is self-ownership and is it a meaningful concept? What are the alternatives to self-ownership and are they reasonable?

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Emergence of Individual Property Rights Among Humans Sep 29, 2015

Individually-held property rights in land emerged with the domestication of plants and animals, in most cases, many millennia before states.

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Freer Markets Tend to Have Lower Homicide Rates Sep 15, 2015

There is a strong correlation between freer markets and lower homicide rates.

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The Tragedy of Stereotypes Aug 25, 2015

Affinity towards in-group and antagonism toward out-group can make most everyone worse off.

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Altruism and Ethnocentrism Cause War, and War Selects for Altruism and Ethnocentrism Aug 19, 2015

Humans behave altruistically more than any other species. Racism, though not universal, is common in humans. Humans are also one of the few species that practice war. In many cultures valor in war and sacrificing yourself for others are considered admirable. Why is this?

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The Tragedy of the State Aug 4, 2015

If the state is as so bad, why is it still here? In game theory the model of hierarchical strategies helps explain how the state can persist even though there are better options.

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