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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Found some classics in social behavior analysis theories. Seems like my valuation for paperbooks is about $0.50 https://t.co/eOS82wplDW

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2/12/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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I'm looking forward to reading Durkheim's "suicide" & his exploration of it's relationship to capitalism. Seems similar to Marx's theories.

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2/12/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Found an overview of his works:https://t.co/aeqBHHiZk7+ A Khan Academy that covers the "Functionalism" Offshoot https://t.co/ql8UIMuXtz

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2/12/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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I was going to try playing Terraria, but now sucked in:"for someone else, it could be home to spiders and ants" https://t.co/h5W7RfZYWu

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2/12/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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While there's valid criticisms, I'm a big fan of Berne's ideas as a stepping stone toward theory of mind. Overview:https://t.co/D8FTeUYL1M https://t.co/27Qb4u3v8u

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Idea that interactions between people's mental states varied, and one could shift them if you were aware of it, helped me tremendously.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Led me to books that helped me understand how much perspective / life trajectory mattered thru a lense of language.https://t.co/JUCCT664UA https://t.co/6qmONbGOIa

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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More recently, reading Pinker's work on language [https://t.co/AFGq3gRXOu] lead me to exploring cultural effect on what we learn/focus on.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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IMHO, a failure of early psychology is rooted in heavy focus of parent-child relationships & bias of Freudian lens. https://t.co/cSRreIUOnh

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Somatic disorder they said. All in your head they said. There are four lights they said. Fighting Fruedian ghosts:https://t.co/zxXeguoUoU https://t.co/3vQsQCaTLt

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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An easy example is how early psychology always prescribed autism as purely due to "cold mothers", ignoring entire swaths of etiology.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Exploring cultural structures and how neurodivergent people interacted with them is very illuminating. Western society seems polarized.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Most of our schooling & medical categories seem to place divergence under a negative light, if considered at all: https://t.co/yMgIq2Rm7L

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Its fascinating to think how society could be structured differently to help these groups thrive, and why it hasn't. https://t.co/1sGIaNYU2Q

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Or specifically, why it isn't evenly spread. Perhaps a mix of genetics https://t.co/FYz4KjDdbn and various cultures?https://t.co/mxHeQuAhXA

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Conflict in perceptions of what it means to be free is rooted in way united states evolved: https://t.co/WdJPPYUjHQ https://t.co/TXPPTJzkdu

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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IMHO, thing missing in many studies is the complex feedback loops between genes, culture, and resources/environment: https://t.co/5h9wptJSzD

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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For example, someone on autistic spectrum who learned to be 'polite', may do fine in an ask culture. But have trouble adapting to others.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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E.g. getting stuck in the "boss->subordinate" pattern is fine if you're in a culture that demands it, but interpersonal life would struggle.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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On the flip, I'm stuck in "Peer" mode most of time and can't "perform" the respect one well; I'm a bad fit for hierarchy, but good for flat.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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What's rude in one roll is perfectly fine in another. I struggle with similar spreads in cultures: https://t.co/oTT3q6pRWp (I'm ask/tell).

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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But my for my ex-wife stuck in "guess" culture, her rigidity in rules allowed her more success. Similar genetics, different outcome?

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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That there's more than one successful strategy at a cultural level suggests why there's more spread than expected: https://t.co/J1aRYUa59o

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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I see it as a 3x3x3:Ask/Guess/Tell info exchange,authority/communal/reciprocity relationships stance,& TA's parent/adult/child maturity.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Someone with poor Theory of Mind would have trouble seeing these patterns and would move between these states more rigidly, if at all.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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And in the wrong environment, where you're expected to perform where you cant, you quickly loose feelings of trust in other people.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Arragements of people fall along this 3x3x3 in clusters would have different success depending on environment. https://t.co/yxIRlXQai4

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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This 3x3x3 help me combine stuff like https://t.co/jP8xRZfp8I and https://t.co/YlpKBlI3gp as competing groups moving thru interaction space.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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It also suggests a predator-prey like population dynamic, where stability is in fluctuation.https://t.co/3iMw0fxHH9

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Is there a term for a Nash equilibrium style payoff grid where it cycles + metastability thru time? The delicate shifting balance of slime?

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Imagining it like https://t.co/M6T8pX7kPU in 3d w/ groups diverging like metaballs/lava lamps; A mashup of Conflict theory + Functionalism

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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The people who are more rigid/independently minded end up shifting more slowly between the metaballs, acting like https://t.co/OgwSy0HmkX

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

"Ant groups optimally amplify the effect of transiently informed individuals" https://t.co/O6Nt3wgH4o https://t.co/aYxhTUWT7J

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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And this ends up being meta-stable foraging patterns, like Robert Sapolsky's https://t.co/awKA2ROTUB and https://t.co/91hwp33qmi

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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On a larger time frame, I'm imagining it being an explanation for the seemingly cyclic social pattern known as Anacyclosis.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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In my head, this is how I tie together Sociology+Sociobiology, or more precisely, a meta pattern I see in evolutionary psych+game theory. 🐜

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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TL:DR; b/c society isn't structured to support Autisic/Schizophrenic people + historical inertia of Freud, we're looking for 'bad genes'.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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But I think that a meta-level population dynamics exist between attention/social orientation and a 'thing/animal' oriented mindset.

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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We all have capacities, but initial wiring of attention predisposes us one way or another, brain level cast system? https://t.co/Cf1SwajtMO

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2/13/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Another set of three worth considering: true/necessary/kindSeems like an expansion of the golden rule. https://t.co/y9IASz0Ksc

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3/19/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Mashup these various archetypes together and you end up seeing meta patterns like this great observation here: https://t.co/uTvwrGlkgm

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3/19/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Operating Theory:The social-cultural ratcheting effect needs diversity of ideas to forage effectively.https://t.co/5biHfzTD7B

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3/19/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Or rather, if it applies in brains, why not in groups? https://t.co/n2vqPQNM6z

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

@leashless Do what swarms do, when speed is important, act local, When accuracy is important, establish a quorum. https://t.co/OkwNKkJDYH

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3/19/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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"in […] collaborative contexts individuals with less complex social cognition would be protected from exploitation"https://t.co/fcFSA5va9o https://t.co/KMrExOKfIa

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10/18/2017