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OPEN INNOVATION. "A key factor that enables us as human beings to solve complex problems and achieve a level of dominance over a wide variety of environments from the desert to the arctic to the deep ocean is not simply our individual big brains, but our capacities for extreme sociality, to cooperate and learn from one another, and our ability to build on previous knowledge and to accumulate culture." https://lnkd.in/gMtMDwD View in LinkedIn

SLOW EVOLUTION. "CNEs are slowly evolving but not entirely frozen sequences and in some cases changes in CNEs might reflect tinkering with developmental GRNs." (GRNs = gene regulatory networks; CNEs = conserved non-coding elements). https://lnkd.in/dTKCkih View in LinkedIn

TECHNOLOGICAL SPREAD. "Cumulative culture is the engine that drives the remarkable power of the global human computer. It enables societies to act as extremely powerful computers by ratcheting up technological and other cultural innovations." https://lnkd.in/gMtMDwD View in LinkedIn

CUMULATIVE CULTURE. "Our culture is cumulative because we are born into highly constructed environments full of amazing gadgets like language and literacy." https://lnkd.in/dwNsDzt View in LinkedIn

SO ENDS this contemplation of the confounding Cambrian explosion. Next weekend we consider the Great Unconformity, a period directly before the Cambrian when geologist believe that 3-5 vertical (yes, vertical) kilometers of the earth’s surface globally was erased. This could explain the missing fossil record and make the Cambrian explosion an optical illusion. Explaining the Cambrian has certainly stretched all story-telling skills. View in LinkedIn

RAPID CULTURAL CHANGE. "The influence of the Internet has been most significant in the way it has transformed the lives of young people. Their digital bedroom symbolizes a childhood that is significantly mediated through the social media, mobile phones and the Internet." https://lnkd.in/d8-nHvR View in LinkedIn

YOUTUBE GENERATION. "Young people, who are the majority of our audience, are angry, disenfranchised and they don’t like or trust mainstream media outlets. They’re leaving TV in droves, but music and news are the two things that Generation Y in every country are excited about and interested in.” https://lnkd.in/dsnHpD3 View in LinkedIn

"FLICKR has become a social network in its own right in recent years. They claim to host more than 3.6 billion images as of June 2009." https://lnkd.in/gJ_sWNx View in LinkedIn

NEW COUNTRY. "Hi5 is another major social network, established in 2003 and currently boasting more than 60 million active members according to their own claims." https://lnkd.in/gJ_sWNx View in LinkedIn

NEW COUNTRY. "Hi5 is another major social network, established in 2003 and currently boasting more than 60 million active members according to their own claims." https://lnkd.in/gJ_sWNx View in LinkedIn