Updating Darwin and Tocqueville on Self Interest, Rightly Understood, with Robert Putnam @ProSocialWorld
Updating Darwin and Tocqueville on Self Interest, Rightly Understood, with Robert Putnam @ProSocialWorld
Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In 1831, two youths embarked upon voyages that would change the way that we view the world today. The first was Charles Darwin, and the second was Alexis de Tocqueville. Both addressed the nature of competition, cooperation, and community in ways that are highly relevant to the social dilemmas facing us today.

Join the legendary Robert Putnam (robertdputnam.com and me as we update these pioneers on what Tocqueville called "self-interest, rightly understood."

-David

Originally published May 20, 2024
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