Tim Waring
@tmwaring
I study the cultural evolution of sustainable behaviors and institutions. https://twaring.bsky.social and http://fediscience.org/@twaring
New 2 year post-doc position on cultural adaptation in complex environmental management. timwaring.info/2025/06/09/pos… Looking for behavioral scientist with experimental and modeling skills to expand the use of cultural evolution tools in applied social science.
*pauses to contemplate the full sweep of human history and evolution, our material culture bending nature itself to our will, the infinite ocean of our cultural inheritance supporting and shaping every aspect of our collective and individual minds* "Anyway, yep! 8 megabytes!"
Updated @ESLRSociety jobs board! Highlights: 2 PhD positions with @tmwaring on cultural adaptation and cooperation, open call for group leaders at @maxplanckpress, and (shameless plug) a postdoc on creativity and innovation w/my team at @stonybrooku! bit.ly/ESLR-Jobs
The difference between intelligence and height: Intelligence and height are both affected by genes, nutrition, pathogens, pollution, etc. But intelligence is a product of culturally evolving software whereas height is not. That culturally evolving software is written by…
Last week The Atlantic featured an article on the rising popularity of race/IQ science on the right (theatlantic.com/technology/arc…). The obvious point that "intelligence is not like height" sparked an unusual amount of whinging. I wrote about how this is now more true than ever. 🧵
Looking forward to giving a talk at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology on "Human evolution of, in and beyond the Anthropocene" shh.mpg.de/2391910/human-…
I'll be co-hosting a seminar on "Evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis" through the Royal Society. 🗓️ Wednesday 28th Feb 2024 ⏲️ 14.00 PM (Europe/London) cassyni.com/events/WDvthD7…
“There are moral hazards everywhere. We have to choose how to intervene to keep us working on a path forward as humanity, because everything right now is set up to strip us of our humanity.” Me for @guardian amp.theguardian.com/environment/20…
I'm slowly getting better at explaining both the research and its implications... Also, most interviewers are really very eager for a MESSAGE, but the science is not about a message, it's about understanding. Takes some getting used to. euronews.com/next/2024/01/1…
Recent cultural evolution studies show that "we need to learn to live together [locally&globally] or we will die alone" @tmwaring @royalsociety Seeking best practices for social cooperation, self-limitation, & global market regulation royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
Very interesting! An evolutionary perspective on the #Anthropocene and its implications for long-term #sustainability
Excited to share a new paper with Eörs Szathmáry and Zach Wood: Characteristic processes of human evolution caused the Anthropocene and may obstruct its global solutions royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… (open-access) 1/n
Very interesting, on my list to read
Excited to share a new paper with Eörs Szathmáry and Zach Wood: Characteristic processes of human evolution caused the Anthropocene and may obstruct its global solutions royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… (open-access) 1/n