The Intelligence of Human Collectives

TWCF0620

  • TWCF Number:

    0620

  • Project Duration:

    September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2025

  • Core Funding Area:

    Big Questions

  • Priority:

    Diverse Intelligences

  • Region:

    Europe

  • Amount Awarded:

    $233,879

  • Grant DOI*:

    https://doi.org/10.54224/20620

    • *A Grant DOI (digital object identifier) is a unique, open, global, persistent and machine-actionable identifier for a grant.

Director: Michael Muthukrishna

Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science

Life on this planet has undergone several significant transitions: from unicellular to multicellular, from multicellular to complex multicellular, from complex multicellular individuals to colonies.

There are theoretical and empirical reasons to believe that humans have gone through a similar major transition: from bands and small-scale societies to what we might call "human collectives." 

Our most outstanding achievements and our worst atrocities have come from the actions of human groups.

This project aims to understand the behavior and intelligence of human collectives, where they are, and what they might become.

 

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