Tim Waring
@twaring.bsky.social
I study the evolution of human culture with a focus on environmental behaviors and institutions and an eye toward helping these become more sustainable on a single, limited planet. https://timwaring.info/
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Tim Waring
@twaring.bsky.social
· Sep 15
🚨 Excited to share a new paper 📃, years in the making, with Zach Wood.
We propose that human evolution is characterized as an Evolutionary Transition in Inheritance and Individuality (ETII).
Explainer and OA paper below:
We propose that human evolution is characterized as an Evolutionary Transition in Inheritance and Individuality (ETII).
Explainer and OA paper below:
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Finland uses “Russia-gauge” rails. They are going to move to European compatible rail gauge for their own resilience.
This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary.
This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary.
Finland announces migration of its rail network to international gauge
The Finnish government announces the migration of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to international gauge (1,435 mm) from 2032. The change aims to improve military mobility and regional ...
www.trenvista.net
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Finland uses “Russia-gauge” rails. They are going to move to European compatible rail gauge for their own resilience.
This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary.
This is what we should be thinking about for moving to open social away from American platforms: it should come with significant spending commitments & is absolutely necessary.
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Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK?
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK?
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
www.sja.marines.mil
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
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Cultural evolution postdoc alert 🚨
Postdoc position in individual-level incentives, social
learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz
files.newsletter2go.com/l3slzozn/s_i...
learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz
files.newsletter2go.com/l3slzozn/s_i...
files.newsletter2go.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Cultural evolution postdoc alert 🚨
About a week ago I was interviewed by the Sharp and complex mind of @elisecutts.bsky.social, for Reviewer Too. Best interview experience you’ll ever get on complex subjects! Check it:
bsky.app/profile/elis...
Elise cuts (ha ha, pun intended) straight to the implications and interest. Very fun!
bsky.app/profile/elis...
Elise cuts (ha ha, pun intended) straight to the implications and interest. Very fun!
What changes when humans change: individuals with genes, or groups with culture?
In this month's Q&A, I talk with @twaring.bsky.social about his argument that humans are going through an evolutionary transition: groups are the new individual, and culture is the new genome. 🧪
In this month's Q&A, I talk with @twaring.bsky.social about his argument that humans are going through an evolutionary transition: groups are the new individual, and culture is the new genome. 🧪
The individual isn't what it used to be
Tim Waring thinks human evolution is shifting from genetic and individual to cultural and collective
www.reviewertoo.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
About a week ago I was interviewed by the Sharp and complex mind of @elisecutts.bsky.social, for Reviewer Too. Best interview experience you’ll ever get on complex subjects! Check it:
bsky.app/profile/elis...
Elise cuts (ha ha, pun intended) straight to the implications and interest. Very fun!
bsky.app/profile/elis...
Elise cuts (ha ha, pun intended) straight to the implications and interest. Very fun!
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I'd push back there by asking where those technologies come from. No one person can make a complete iPhone or internet, or airplane. That's collective knowledge. The kind of individualism you describe only exists because we live in the most interconnected, dense human societies ever seen.
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I'd push back there by asking where those technologies come from. No one person can make a complete iPhone or internet, or airplane. That's collective knowledge. The kind of individualism you describe only exists because we live in the most interconnected, dense human societies ever seen.
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Resistance is futile! So give it a read.
And if you like what you see (or ~don't~ and want to rant about it in the readers-only comments section) consider signing up for my newsletter.
I post weekly and do one Q&A and one roundup of interesting new papers each month. It's all free.
And if you like what you see (or ~don't~ and want to rant about it in the readers-only comments section) consider signing up for my newsletter.
I post weekly and do one Q&A and one roundup of interesting new papers each month. It's all free.
Reviewer, too
A newsletter about the big questions in science, written by ex-scientist science journalist Elise Cutts
www.reviewertoo.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Resistance is futile! So give it a read.
And if you like what you see (or ~don't~ and want to rant about it in the readers-only comments section) consider signing up for my newsletter.
I post weekly and do one Q&A and one roundup of interesting new papers each month. It's all free.
And if you like what you see (or ~don't~ and want to rant about it in the readers-only comments section) consider signing up for my newsletter.
I post weekly and do one Q&A and one roundup of interesting new papers each month. It's all free.
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If you think that sounds like becoming the Borg — yes, same, welcome to my brain.
So yes, I forced Tim to address the Borg Question.
And he has a cool argument involving cavemen in supermarkets about why dissolving into the mind matrix probably won't be as bad as it sounds (for future humans).
So yes, I forced Tim to address the Borg Question.
And he has a cool argument involving cavemen in supermarkets about why dissolving into the mind matrix probably won't be as bad as it sounds (for future humans).
a man wearing a robotic helmet has the word assimilate written on his face
Alt: Jean Luc Picard as a Borg, wearing a robotic helmet and saying "Assimilate"
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
If you think that sounds like becoming the Borg — yes, same, welcome to my brain.
So yes, I forced Tim to address the Borg Question.
And he has a cool argument involving cavemen in supermarkets about why dissolving into the mind matrix probably won't be as bad as it sounds (for future humans).
So yes, I forced Tim to address the Borg Question.
And he has a cool argument involving cavemen in supermarkets about why dissolving into the mind matrix probably won't be as bad as it sounds (for future humans).
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A fun read about group selection on culture, not genes 🧪
What changes when humans change: individuals with genes, or groups with culture?
In this month's Q&A, I talk with @twaring.bsky.social about his argument that humans are going through an evolutionary transition: groups are the new individual, and culture is the new genome. 🧪
In this month's Q&A, I talk with @twaring.bsky.social about his argument that humans are going through an evolutionary transition: groups are the new individual, and culture is the new genome. 🧪
The individual isn't what it used to be
Tim Waring thinks human evolution is shifting from genetic and individual to cultural and collective
www.reviewertoo.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A fun read about group selection on culture, not genes 🧪
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We're welcoming Elise Cutts as our FRONTIERS Journalist in Residence! Starting Feb, she'll explore how researchers build fundamental theories of #ComplexSystems. This is the 2nd time CSH has hosted an @frontiersmedia.bsky.social fellow. Welcome, @elisecutts.bsky.social! shorturl.at/UgzTW
#SciComm
#SciComm
* News * CSH Welcomes FRONTIERS Journalist Elise Cutts%
Elise Cutts is among the seven journalists chosen for the third round of the European Research Council’s science journalism initiative
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November 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
We're welcoming Elise Cutts as our FRONTIERS Journalist in Residence! Starting Feb, she'll explore how researchers build fundamental theories of #ComplexSystems. This is the 2nd time CSH has hosted an @frontiersmedia.bsky.social fellow. Welcome, @elisecutts.bsky.social! shorturl.at/UgzTW
#SciComm
#SciComm
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The deadline has been extended - there is still time to get your abstracts in to join us in Morocco!
The submission deadline for #CESRabat has been extended to 30 November
@ces2026.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
@ces2026.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
👉 A reminder that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the CES 2026 #CESRabat is the 16th of November.
🔗Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
We look forward to seeing you in Rabat!
🔗Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
We look forward to seeing you in Rabat!
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The deadline has been extended - there is still time to get your abstracts in to join us in Morocco!
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Only 2 days left to get your abstracts in!
👉 A reminder that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the CES 2026 #CESRabat is the 16th of November.
🔗Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
We look forward to seeing you in Rabat!
🔗Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
We look forward to seeing you in Rabat!
Cultural Evolution Society 2026 Conference | Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique - FGSES
aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Only 2 days left to get your abstracts in!
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A reminder for those on the fence, there are still 3 days left to apply for the ACE teaching innovation awards!
Don't hesitate, apply for our Advancing Cultural Evolution Teaching Innovation awards -
The deadline is the 17th of November, so you've got one more week to get your application in!
culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...
The deadline is the 17th of November, so you've got one more week to get your application in!
culturalevolutionsociety.org/grants-and-a...
Grants and Awards - Cultural Evolution Society
culturalevolutionsociety.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A reminder for those on the fence, there are still 3 days left to apply for the ACE teaching innovation awards!
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What changes when humans change: individuals with genes, or groups with culture?
In this month's Q&A, I talk with @twaring.bsky.social about his argument that humans are going through an evolutionary transition: groups are the new individual, and culture is the new genome. 🧪
In this month's Q&A, I talk with @twaring.bsky.social about his argument that humans are going through an evolutionary transition: groups are the new individual, and culture is the new genome. 🧪
The individual isn't what it used to be
Tim Waring thinks human evolution is shifting from genetic and individual to cultural and collective
www.reviewertoo.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What changes when humans change: individuals with genes, or groups with culture?
In this month's Q&A, I talk with @twaring.bsky.social about his argument that humans are going through an evolutionary transition: groups are the new individual, and culture is the new genome. 🧪
In this month's Q&A, I talk with @twaring.bsky.social about his argument that humans are going through an evolutionary transition: groups are the new individual, and culture is the new genome. 🧪
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Are you a scientist?
Is your research cool?
Do people not adequately appreciate how cool your research is?
I'm looking for researchers to feature in Q&A-style interviews on my blog and would love to hear from (or about — embarrass your friends!) scientists interested in sharing their work. 🧪
Is your research cool?
Do people not adequately appreciate how cool your research is?
I'm looking for researchers to feature in Q&A-style interviews on my blog and would love to hear from (or about — embarrass your friends!) scientists interested in sharing their work. 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Are you a scientist?
Is your research cool?
Do people not adequately appreciate how cool your research is?
I'm looking for researchers to feature in Q&A-style interviews on my blog and would love to hear from (or about — embarrass your friends!) scientists interested in sharing their work. 🧪
Is your research cool?
Do people not adequately appreciate how cool your research is?
I'm looking for researchers to feature in Q&A-style interviews on my blog and would love to hear from (or about — embarrass your friends!) scientists interested in sharing their work. 🧪
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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The end of the Oil Age won’t come from scarcity — it’ll come from irrelevance. Solar, wind, and batteries aren’t waiting for permission; they’re simply better.
When the new paradigm outperforms the old on cost, speed, and resilience, history doesn’t argue — it moves on. #EnergyTransition #BESS #EV
When the new paradigm outperforms the old on cost, speed, and resilience, history doesn’t argue — it moves on. #EnergyTransition #BESS #EV
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The end of the Oil Age won’t come from scarcity — it’ll come from irrelevance. Solar, wind, and batteries aren’t waiting for permission; they’re simply better.
When the new paradigm outperforms the old on cost, speed, and resilience, history doesn’t argue — it moves on. #EnergyTransition #BESS #EV
When the new paradigm outperforms the old on cost, speed, and resilience, history doesn’t argue — it moves on. #EnergyTransition #BESS #EV
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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Be careful out there. They're putting RCP8.5 in candy bars.
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Be careful out there. They're putting RCP8.5 in candy bars.
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Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
September 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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I had some Thoughts about chance in biology and why it's real+important even if the universe is 100% deterministic
Secretly it's also about RFK Jr., health as morality, and why it's hard to accept that bad things can happen for no good reason.
Thanks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social for his input!
Secretly it's also about RFK Jr., health as morality, and why it's hard to accept that bad things can happen for no good reason.
Thanks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social for his input!
Does biology play dice? by @elisecutts.bsky.social
Some thoughts on nature, nurture, and chance in development www.reviewertoo.com/does-biology... Yes it sure does, is the answer! 🎲🎲👋
Some thoughts on nature, nurture, and chance in development www.reviewertoo.com/does-biology... Yes it sure does, is the answer! 🎲🎲👋
Does biology play dice?
Some thoughts on nature, nurture, and chance in development
www.reviewertoo.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I had some Thoughts about chance in biology and why it's real+important even if the universe is 100% deterministic
Secretly it's also about RFK Jr., health as morality, and why it's hard to accept that bad things can happen for no good reason.
Thanks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social for his input!
Secretly it's also about RFK Jr., health as morality, and why it's hard to accept that bad things can happen for no good reason.
Thanks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social for his input!
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1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.