societies

In the early days of the internet, some scholars thought the web's free flow of ideas would bring societies together around accurate beliefs. A new study using agent-based models helps explain why that didn't happen: Unlimited information flow reduces the accuracy of group beliefs in echo chambers.

Right now, the eight richest people in the world own as much wealth as the poorest half of the global population. People in richer and more equal societies are more likely to think that having too much money is wrong. To some people, extreme wealth is unpleasant or upsetting.

AI systems start to create their own societies when they are left alone, experts have found

Celtic Women Held Sway in ‘Matrilocal’ Societies

Societies with Little Money Are among the Happiest on Earth

‘After 1177 B.C.’ describes how societies fared when the Bronze Age ended

Archaeologists Found 2,000-Year-Old Lesson on Sea Level Changes Destroying Societies

Spanish horses joined Indigenous South Americans’ societies long before Europeans came to stay