Updating Darwin and Tocqueville on Self Interest, Rightly Understood, with Robert Putnam

Update: 2025-04-01

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In 1831, two youths embarked upon voyages that would change the way that we view the world today. The first was Charles Darwin and the second was Alexis de Tocqueville. Both addressed the nature of competition, cooperation, and community in ways that are highly relevant to the social dilemmas facing us today. Join the legendary Robert Putnam and me as we update these pioneers on what Tocqueville called "self interest, rightly understood."

Originally published May 20, 2024.

https://www.prosocial.world/posts/updating-darwin-and-tocqueville-on-self-interest-rightly-understood-with-robert-putnam

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Updating Darwin and Tocqueville on Self Interest, Rightly Understood, with Robert Putnam

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Updating Darwin and Tocqueville on Self Interest, Rightly Understood, with Robert Putnam

Updating Darwin and Tocqueville on Self Interest, Rightly Understood, with Robert Putnam