Ultrasociality.....................................................................................................106
Ingroup vs. Outgroup .......................................................................................108
Our Dual Natures: Cooperation vs. Competition............................................111
Multi-Level Selection........................................................................................114
Equality and Fairness .......................................................................................116
On Empathy ......................................................................................................118
The Games People Play – the Tragedy of the Commons and the Prisoner’s Dilemma............................................................................................................121
Cultural Evolution .............................................................................................124
Enter: The Amoeba...........................................................................................126
The Moat Surrounding the Castle of Sustainable Futures .............................129
SECTION 4 - ENERGY AND ECONOMY ...................................................133
Energy Part 1 – Ecology and Energy......................................................134
Ecology and Our Life Support Systems............................................................134
Rabbits and Bears and Humans, Oh My… ......................................................136
Carrying Capacity (and Overshoot) .................................................................138
The Law of the Minimum.................................................................................141
Bottlenecks: (Population, Genetic, and Generic)............................................143
The 2 nd Law of Thermodynamics .....................................................................147
Energy in Ecosystems: Trophic Pyramids ........................................................149
Income – Expenses = Life..................................................................................152
Energy Part 2 – Energy and Humans .....................................................154
Swimming (obliviously) in a sea of energy......................................................154
So, What IS Energy Anyway? ...........................................................................158
Homo Sapiens and the Family Joules ..............................................................161
Humans and Fire – A Revolutionary Symbiosis ..............................................163
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