#common-knowledge

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Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows by Steven Pinker review communication breakdown

Human communication is shaped by recursive assumptions and unacknowledged baggage, complicating exchanges and requiring reason to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
Books
fromHarvard Gazette
5 days ago

Why is your head not exploding? Steven Pinker can explain. - Harvard Gazette

Common knowledge is the mutual, iterated awareness that enables coordination, social bonds, humor, language, and collective behavior.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

The Social Functions Of Common Knowledge

Common knowledge and visible emotional expressions coordinate social behavior, stabilize groups, drive change, and are amplified and complicated by social media.
Psychology
fromHarvard Business Review
1 week ago

Steven Pinker on Speculation Bubbles, Super Bowl Ads, and What Leaders Need to Know About Group Psychology

Common knowledge—the awareness of what others know and that they know it—drives coordination, power dynamics, signaling, and social norms across business and society.
Psychology
fromBig Think
1 week ago

Why do only humans weep? The evolutionary puzzle of crying.

Tears are an involuntary, conspicuous human signal engineered to create common knowledge and to signal defeat, coordinating conflict resolution and preventing further fighting.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Steven Pinker Knows When No One Knows that Everyone Knows

Common knowledge exists when everyone knows that everyone knows, enabling coordinated actions that can rapidly punish reputations or catalyze political change.
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