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Well worth the read. The author outlined a genuinely unique viewpoint and made me think. The author presents very thin evidence for his claim that the benefits
by iamthepieman 11y ago
Well worth the read. The author outlined a genuinely unique viewpoint and made me think.
The author presents very thin evidence for his claim that the benefits of two "systematizing " mating outweighs the chance of them having and raising an autistic child.
It is an economics paper so the slant towards economics rather than biological is understandable. However, as the number of links on an individuals graph grows so too might the need for systematizing to make sense of it all.
All of these have increased in the last several generations:
1. Number of jobs in a lifetime and requisite number of skills needing to be learned and updated
2. Number of friends, coworkers and acquaintances that we are aware of and interact with.
3. Amount of information we have access too and are required to process
4. Number of options and alternatives in almost every area of our lives (except cable/internet providers of course)
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoThose things have increased, but have they contributed to socialization during childbearing years? That's the critical measure, right?
- sokoloff 11y agoI would think it would be during mate selection years, which for many pockets of society is well in advance of childbearing years.
- dragonwriter 11y agoNitpick, but: > All of these have increased in the last several generations: [...] > 4. Number of options and alternatives in almost every area of our lives (except cable/internet providers of course) Actually, the number of options and alternatives in cable/internet providers has, over the last several generations, increased from 0 to a number greater than zero.