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Stampede Theory : Human Nature, Technology, and Runaway Social Realities.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feldman, M. Philip (Maurice Philip)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Technology--Psychological aspects.
- Human behavior.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Elsevier, 2023.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Biography
- Philip Feldman, Ph.D.
- Preface
- References
- Chapter One: Introduction
- Abstract
- Part One: Theory
- Chapter Two: From the Serengeti to the Ecclesia
- Chapter Three: Deep bias
- 3.1. Social Dominance Theory
- 3.2. The deep bias for causing harm
- 3.3. Morality and reverse dominance
- 3.4. The egalitarian ethos
- Chapter Four: Humans and information
- 4.1. Phase locking
- 4.2. Alignment in belief space
- 4.3. Lists, stories, games, and maps
- 4.4. Projection and the loss of self
- Chapter Five: Human belief spaces
- 5.1. Dimension reduction
- 5.2. State
- 5.3. Orientation
- 5.4. Speed
- 5.5. Social influence horizon
- Chapter Six: Influence + dominance = attention
- 6.1. Hansie the Stork
- 6.2. Influence and attention
- 6.3. Fashion
- 6.4. Thinking as groups and populations
- 6.5. Thinking (with) machines
- Chapter Seven: Hierarchies, networks, and technology
- 7.1. Dominance displays
- References
- Part Two: Practice
- Chapter Eight: Interview with a biased machine
- Chapter Nine: The spacecraft of Babel
- 9.1. When space has only one dimension
- 9.2. The overwhelming power of stories
- 9.3. Narrative drift
- 9.4. The narratives of science
- Chapter Ten: Influence networks and the power of money
- Chapter Eleven: Cults, hierarchies, and the doomed voyage of the Pequod
- 11.1. A charismatic religious social movement
- 11.2. An apocalyptic ideology
- 11.3. A form of social organization adequate to maintain solidarity
- 11.4. Legitimacy enough among followers to exercise collective social control over the affairs of the community
- 11.5. Sufficient economic and political viability
- 11.6. Life within strong social boundaries in cognitive isolation from society at large
- Chapter Twelve: Escaping cults, deprogramming, and diversity
- Chapter Thirteen: Population-computer interfaces
- 13.1. The signature of dangerous misinformation
- 13.2. Diversity injection
- 13.3. A PSA for the information age
- 13.4. Example: The Google Doodle
- 13.5. Example: The DARPA Red Network Challenge
- 13.6. Trustworthy social information
- Chapter Fourteen: Belief geography and cartography
- 14.1. Belief cartography
- 14.2. The world in stories
- 14.3. Worlds in 175 billion parameters
- 14.4. A world of pure social reality
- 14.5. The moon landing was a hoax!
- 14.6. The Flat Earth
- 14.7. The government is the enemy
- 14.8. Jews and Puppetmasters
- 14.9. Princess Diana, greedy companies, and Elvis
- 14.10. The map and the territory
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- References
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Feldman, Philip Stampede Theory
- ISBN:
- 9780443137365
- 0443137366
- Publisher Number:
- 40031810074
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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