herd behaviour

Hamilton’s rule.

Apr 14, 2025

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Hamilton’s rule, herd behaviour, herd mentality

Hamilton’s untestable rule construes a subset of human relationships, in which an individual behaves constructively towards a relative. A different subset of human relationships is one in which an individual behaves destructively towards a relative: other subsets are ones in which an individual behaves destructively and constructively towards a relative at the same time, or…
We are who we are with, or Who’s Drivin’ Your Train?.

Jul 21, 2024

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Membership of organisations may buffer fluctuations in mental health, but the organisations become vulnerable, as shown recently by Yorkshire Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club. Organisations become vulnerable when members talk too much to each other and not enough to those in other organisations. Warning signs are generalisations about other people, for example: “We…