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We're a non-profit helping people and communities work better together. We provide evidence-based courses and practical tools. A more prosocial world starts here. https://prosocial.world
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In times of uncertainty, division and change we believe something powerful is still possible: a more compassionate, cooperative world. Guided by science, we help groups work better together to create lasting meaningful change. www.prosocial.world

#CompassionInAction #SystemsThinking #SocialHealing
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August 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Only a few days left to access our course, Inner Transformation: An Introduction to Interspirituality, for free! It's a self-paced journey to help you tend to your inner life and show up more fully in the world. courses.prosocial.world/course/inner... Use code TRANSFORM100 – offer ends August 14th.
August 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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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July 31, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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
www.theatlantic.com
July 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"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.
www.nature.com
July 24, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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?
www.prosocial.world
July 21, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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.

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July 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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.
www.prosocial.world
July 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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...
July 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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#Prosocial #Cooperation #Leadership #Science
July 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
🌱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.
ssir.org
July 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
🌱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
June 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM
💡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
June 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
💡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
June 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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June 24, 2026 at 2:28 PM
🎯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
June 22, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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.
www.vox.com
June 20, 2026 at 11:55 PM
💡Groups often fail because collaboration can be challenging. ProSocial Action Lab helps teams build trust, align around purpose, and turn ideas into action.

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#TeamWork #Leadership #Collaboration #SystemsChange #Prosocial
June 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
✨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
June 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
🌱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.
www.prosocial.world
June 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
🌱PAL is a 10-week cohort-based program for groups who want to work better together and tackle real challenges.

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#systemschange #coaching #growth #teamwork #work
June 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
📢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
June 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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June 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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
June 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
🏺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.
www.prosocial.world
June 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM