Re: poly: Belief divergence to induce emigration?

Carl writes:
>Do people in preagricultural tribes have the same level of persistent
>disagreement that we do in modern society? It might be that persistent
>disagreement is a result of taking decision-making mechanisms designed for
>a 100-person society and using them in a 6000000000-person society. For
>example, deciding on a handful of people one respects, and then giving
>great weight to their opinions, will produce near-unanimity in a small
>group and diversity in a big one.

An interesting suggestion. I imagine it wouldn't take that long reading
about the anthorpology of such cultures to learn the answer to your
question. I'd guess disagreement is less, but still substantial.

Robin Hanson
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Received on Tue Apr 14 21:37:50 1998