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  • Is this evopsych bullshit?

    “This study shows us that bullying seems to be associated with some meaningful outcomes that help explain why kids do it,” Volk says. “This isn’t just ‘broken kids’ doing bad behavior; it’s getting them important things that matter.”

    Yeah, same as bandits.

    Volk says the results support the idea that adolescent bullying is, at least in part, an evolutionary adaptation that may help individuals pass on their genes to future generations.

    Yep, evopsych bullshit.








  • I linked to the right thing, a great introduction to understanding how to change systems:

    PLACES TO INTERVENE IN A SYSTEM

    (in increasing order of effectiveness)

    12. Constants, parameters, numbers (such as subsidies, taxes, standards).

    11. The sizes of buffers and other stabilizing stocks, relative to their flows.

    10. The structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport networks, population age structures).

    9. The lengths of delays, relative to the rate of system change.

    8. The strength of negative feedback loops, relative to the impacts they are trying to correct against.

    7. The gain around driving positive feedback loops.

    6. The structure of information flows (who does and does not have access to information).

    5. The rules of the system (such as incentives, punishments, constraints).

    4. The power to add, change, evolve, or self-organize system structure.

    3. The goals of the system.

    2. The mindset or paradigm out of which the system — its goals, structure, rules, delays, parameters — arises.

    1. The power to transcend paradigms.

    Regulations are important, but low(er) impact.