Hierarchy bias 🎨

We are deeply hierarchical creatures, but at the same time this is our blindspot and we don’t view ourselves this way.

Extensive look at this dynamic is given in the

Elephant in the Brain

In primatology, when we talk about primates, almost everything is viewed through a perspective of a hierarchy in the group. In social sciences, when we talk about humans, hierarchy is rarely ever mentioned🏅🏅🏅

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