Oren Harman on the George Price Equation

The Price of Altruism
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01.16.2011

If evolution is a game called survival of the fittest, how do you explain altruism?  The “altruism equation” is a mathematical rule discovered by George Price. A brilliant and remarkable man, he eventually gave up everything he owned and became homeless.  Biographer Oren Harman tells Steve Paulson George Price really wanted to know why people help each other?

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