My Principles of Animal Behavior class is a wonderfully insightful class. While I was studying for the Final Exam that I have in there tomorrow, I came across the table about the costs and benefits of social living. Maybe someone will find it interesting. If nothing else it’s smirk inducing when we consider topics about how we should wish to model societies (democracy vs tyranny, markets vs something else, etc). We should always remember that deep down we’re animals who are trying not to be.
Taken without permission from Animal Behavior, eighth edition, John Alcock.
