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In their computer simulations of human evolution, scientists at ETH Zurich find the emergence of the “homo socialis” with “other-regarding” preferences. The results explain some intriguing findings in experimental economics and call for a new economic theory of “networked minds”.
This chapter was first published on March 20, 2013, at http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=129550&CultureCode=en and is reproduced here with minor stylistic improvements. It refers to the paper by T. Grund, C. Waloszek, and D. Helbing (2013) How natural selection can create both self- and other-regarding preferences, and networked minds. Sci. Rep. 3:1480, see http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/130319/srep01480/full/srep01480.html .
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Helbing, D. (2015). “Networked Minds” Require a Fundamentally New Kind of Economics. In: Thinking Ahead - Essays on Big Data, Digital Revolution, and Participatory Market Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15078-9_4
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