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1/n 🧵 ICYMI "Scaling of Hunter-Gatherer Camp Size and Human Sociality"
New paper (@UChicagoPress) led by José Lobo (@ASU) & co-authored by a team incl. SFI's @BettencourtLuis (@miurbanchicago) & Scott Ortman (@CUBoulder), result of an SFI working group:
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/71…
New paper (@UChicagoPress) led by José Lobo (@ASU) & co-authored by a team incl. SFI's @BettencourtLuis (@miurbanchicago) & Scott Ortman (@CUBoulder), result of an SFI working group:
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/71…
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This new research deploys #ScalingLaw insights to understand the population-density driven transition from temporary hunter-gatherer settlements to permanent sedentary city life.
This new research deploys #ScalingLaw insights to understand the population-density driven transition from temporary hunter-gatherer settlements to permanent sedentary city life.
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Previous research on the impact of densification on the transition into city life has yielded conflicting results, some suggesting that hunter-gatherer groups actually thin out as they scale. (In what ways might this reflect transitions in the scaling of microbial organisms?)
Previous research on the impact of densification on the transition into city life has yielded conflicting results, some suggesting that hunter-gatherer groups actually thin out as they scale. (In what ways might this reflect transitions in the scaling of microbial organisms?)
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Work on scaling theory for social systems with SFI's @ChrisKempes and Geoffrey West!
We're on the hunt for a new #AppliedComplexity postdoctoral fellow to start in January 2022.
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We're on the hunt for a new #AppliedComplexity postdoctoral fellow to start in January 2022.
Learn more & apply on our website:
santafe.edu/about/jobs/App…
#scalinglaw #socialscience #economics
Related: "Scaling Laws and a General Theory for The Growth of Companies," a new pre-print co-authored by Kempes & West:
arxiv.org/pdf/2109.10379…
Some exposition on the piece by former SFI Board Chair @mjmauboussin:
arxiv.org/pdf/2109.10379…
Some exposition on the piece by former SFI Board Chair @mjmauboussin:
