A fascinating talk on the subjects of language, cumulative cultural adaptation, and publishing (“the systems of communication that would allow us to share ideas”):

The speaker, Mark Pagel, definitely rewired my brain. Are we destined for linguistic convergence and standardization?

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Kent Anderson

Kent Anderson

Kent Anderson is the CEO of RedLink and RedLink Network, a past-President of SSP, and the founder of the Scholarly Kitchen. He has worked as Publisher at AAAS/Science, CEO/Publisher of JBJS, Inc., a publishing executive at the Massachusetts Medical Society, Publishing Director of the New England Journal of Medicine, and Director of Medical Journals at the American Academy of Pediatrics. Opinions on social media or blogs are his own.

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