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Elizabeth Bradley - "A quick introduction to nonlinear time-series analysis"
Elizabeth Bradley - "A quick introduction to nonlinear time-series analysis" <br>
David Carballo
David Carballo <br>
Stefani Crabtree
Stefani Crabtree <br>
Laura Ellyson
Laura Ellyson <br>
James Evans
James Evans <br>
Gary Feinman
Gary Feinman <br>
Jessica Flack
Jessica Flack <br>
Anna Frishman
Anna Frishman <br>
Marcus Hamilton
Marcus Hamilton <br>
Juergen Jost
Juergen Jost <br>
Jin Hong Kuan
Jin Hong Kuan <br>
Tim Kohler
Tim Kohler <br>
Ian Morris
Ian Morris <br>
Johannes Mueller
Johannes Mueller <br>
Cameron Petrie
Cameron Petrie <br>
Hajime Shimao
Hajime Shimao <br>
Michael Smith
Michael Smith <br>
Miriam Stark
Miriam Stark <br>
Steven Wernke
Steven Wernke <br>
David Wolpert
David Wolpert <br>

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Meeting Description

It has recently been learned that as they evolve, all early human societies first grown in size without developing their information-processing sophistication very much, then they switch to a mode where they develop their information-processing sophistication without growing much, and then they switch back to a mode in which they grow in size. In this working group we will investigate many aspects of this phenomenon: What are the fine-grained details of how the many different kinds of information-processing and different kinds of size growth co-evolve? Do similar “mode-switches” involving information-processing sophistication happen at later stages in the evolution of human societies? How should we best combine the time-series’ of many different societies to glean such high-level characteristics of social development? What underlying theories about how groups of people collectively process information best explain these phenomena.


Agenda

November 2 — 4, 2020


Speakers


Elizabeth Bradley - "A quick introduction to nonlinear time-series analysis"
David Carballo
Stefani Crabtree
Laura Ellyson
James Evans
Gary Feinman
Jessica Flack
Anna Frishman
Marcus Hamilton
Juergen Jost
Jin Hong Kuan
Tim Kohler
Ian Morris
Johannes Mueller
Cameron Petrie
Hajime Shimao
Michael Smith
Miriam Stark
Steven Wernke
David Wolpert