We have a new short, self-paced course for anyone curious about how their inner life shapes how they show up in the world, and wants to tend to it more intentionally. Use code TRANSFORM100 to get free access until Aug 14th! courses.prosocial.world/course/inner...

Inner Transformation: An Introduction to Interspirituality

A self-paced course on inner transformation and spiritual growth. Drawing on the wisdom of diverse traditions, this course explores what it means to tend to your inner life and how that shapes the way you move through the world.

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What actually made Darwin remarkable wasn't a lightning-bolt insight — it was that he was relentlessly empirical. He measured, cataloged, and observed everything, however tedious or unpleasant (he once drank tortoise bladder fluid "for science").

Paradise Revisited

What Darwin saw in the Galápagos

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"The idea that there's a generalized, pervasive lack of trust in science is just completely unfounded." A new Nature feature digs into the data on science trust — and finds a more complicated picture than the headlines suggest: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Have people stopped trusting science? The data tell a surprising story

Some say there’s a global crisis of trust — but research reveals where the real problems lie.

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In a new commentary for @tvolmag.bsky.social, N.J. Enfield argues that the same shared languages, norms, and codes that let humans cooperate also narrow how we think, act, and organize—creating the “iron cages” of culture. www.prosocial.world/posts/how-to...

How to Evolve an Iron Cage: Consequences of Coordination by Code

Why do human societies develop within such a limited range of cultural possibilities?

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The Next Economy MBA from our friends LIFT Economy is a nine-month program designed to equip entrepreneurs and changemakers with the tools they need for transformative change. Learn more and sign up for a free intro: 🔗 go.lifteconomy.com/nextmba

New from our research team: a framework (PRISM) that reads a group's language patterns and forecasts its psychological flexibility and governance health 6–12 months out. Dense read, built for researchers doing applied work with groups: www.prosocial.world/special-publ...

Special Publications

This series of special publications features edited collections of essays written by leading experts in their respective fields, exploring the intersection of evolution and human society. Through these thought-provoking contributions, the series examines how evolutionary science can inform our understanding of the arts, culture, and social systems, offering fresh insights into how cultural evolution and cooperation can drive positive change in the world.

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Just a quick reminder that our free info sessions are happening this week – and there's still time to join us. Come with questions, come curious, or just come to stay connected. 🔗Info session #1: prosocial-world.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🔗Info session #2: prosocial-world.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

💡Join our newsletter for science-based insights, free resources, upcoming events, and learning opportunities. 📩 Subscribe today: eepurl.com/ip4P_I #Prosocial #Cooperation #Leadership #Science

🌱The future of innovation is collective. Lasting change emerges when diverse stakeholders come together around a shared purpose, learn from one another, and build solutions collaboratively. 👉 Read the article: ssir.org/articles/ent... #Society #Innovation #Future

The Future of Innovation Is Collective (SSIR)

The world is undergoing simultaneous economic, technological, geopolitical, environmental, and social changes that organizations cannot address alone. Only a collective approach to social innovation can solve for challenges that are too large for individual organizations.

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🌱Why do organisms behave the way they do? How did cooperation evolve? What connects life’s extraordinary diversity? For evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky, the answer was simple. #Science #Evolution #EvolutionaryScience #Biology #History

💡This View of Life is an online magazine where leading scientists, scholars, and thinkers. Follow us for evidence-based insights into the forces shaping our world. 🔗 www.prosocial.world/this-view-of... #Evolution #History #Politics #BehavioralScience #Science

💡Meet ProSocial Essentials: Cooperation by Design This course introduces a practical way to see those conditions clearly and empowers you to begin working with them. Self-paced | Online | Open to Everyone 🔗 courses.prosocial.world/course/essen... #Coaching #Growth #Cooperation

🌟 Stay in the loop! We're excited to share our latest updates, course offerings, TVOL magazine's latest articles, and more. Join us and get our email newsletter. 📩 Sign up here: eepurl.com/ip4P_I #ProSocial #Newsletter

🎯At the Transforming the Regulatory System Summit in Washington, D.C., last week, David Sloan Wilson invited participants to view regulatory systems through an evolutionary lens—exploring how institutions can adapt, learn, and evolve. #SystemsChange #Innovation #Leadership #ProSocialWorld

Philosopher Shannon Vallor argues that the deeper challenge is preserving and cultivating the human capacities that make societies flourish: wisdom, empathy, judgment, cooperation, and care. 🔗 www.vox.com/future-perfe... #AI #future #machinelearning #ethics

How to fall in love with humanity again

Tech culture has made contempt for humanity feel enlightened. We can do better.

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💡Groups often fail because collaboration can be challenging. ProSocial Action Lab helps teams build trust, align around purpose, and turn ideas into action. 👉 courses.prosocial.world/course/pal-2... #TeamWork #Leadership #Collaboration #SystemsChange #Prosocial

✨At ProSocial World, we believe that to catalyze rapid, positive cultural change, we need to recognize our interconnectedness and continuously improve the relationships we have with ourselves, each other, and the planet. #change #society #evolution #growth

🌱What if understanding the world isn't enough? David S. Wilson's new paradigm may need a third toolkit alongside complexity science and evolution: philosophy. 🔗 www.prosocial.world/posts/adding... #Philosophy #Cooperation #Evolution #History

Adding a Philosophical Toolkit to the New Paradigm for Evolving Cooperative Systems, by Ed Gibney

The emerging discipline of evolutionary philosophy can also provide helpful cognitive tools for the paradigm of evolving cooperative systems.

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🌱PAL is a 10-week cohort-based program for groups who want to work better together and tackle real challenges. 🔗Join us: courses.prosocial.world/course/pal-2... #systemschange #coaching #growth #teamwork #work

📢If you are in Washington, DC, join us on June 17 y 18th for the next Engineering Change Lab. 🔗 ecl-usa.org/knowledge-hu... #SystemsChange #Leadership #Collaboration #Innovation #ProSocial

Our friends at LIFT Economy are offering an inclusive, affordable MBA program for entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and aspiring changemakers. 📣 September 2026 | Sign up for a free intro: 🔗 go.lifteconomy.com/nextmba

We are still reflecting on this year's The Wave by our friends Holomovement. The gathering may have ended, but the community continues. 🌍✨ David, one of our founders, was there sharing insights on evolution and interconnectedness. #connection #prosocial #spirituality

🏺When did humans first learn to cooperate? Archaeology suggests collective action isn't a modern invention—it's one of the foundations of human success. 🔗Read more: www.prosocial.world/posts/cooper... #history #evolution #cooperation

Cooperation and Collective Action in Deep Time and the Archaeological Record

Archaeology shows cooperation, not just coercion, shaped early large-scale societies.

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✨Explore ProSocial Action Lab 2026! Join us for the free info session that best suits your schedule. 🔗Join info session 1: prosocial-world.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🔗Join info session 2: prosocial-world.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us on the Engineering Change Lab USA Knowledge Hub for conversations on systems change, technological stewardship, leadership, public policy, and collective action. 📍 Washington DC | June 17th & 18th 🔗 ecl-usa.org/events/knowl...

🌱A powerful reminder that our greatest challenges often emerge when human psychology, social institutions, and technology evolve at different speeds. #growth #humankind #evolution #society

✨We were featured in a recent paper in the American Psychologist that examines people as active participants in shaping their environments – not just reacting to them. 🔗 psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding #BehavioralScience #Psychology #Cooperation #growth #Science

💡At ProSocial World, we explore how evolutionary science and behavioral science can help groups work better together 👉 Join us: eepurl.com/ip4P_I #Leadership #SystemsChange #EvolutionaryScience #BehavioralScience #Prosocial #Growth #PersonalGrowth

Burnout is often treated as an individual problem. But what if it’s actually a systems and culture problem? 🔗Read more: www.apsf.org/article/redu... #Leadership #Healthcare #Burnout #Teamwork #Prosocial #AI

The Wave 2026 🌊 recap! @David_S_wilson exposed how cooperation and shared purpose help communities thrive. Grateful to be part of this growing movement toward collective flourishing. #Holomovement #Growth #Collective #ProSocialWorld #SystemsChange