累积

Alberto Acerbi
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第八章考虑了文化进化论者所说的累积文化进化,也就是说,文化的复杂性在增加。对于一个被定义为累积的文化领域,它需要表现出积累(更多的特征)、改进(特征更有效)和棘轮(在以前的创新基础上建立的新特征)。作者认为,这不是必然的结果,不同的领域表现出不同的积累迹象。有人建议,数字媒体提供的保真度和超可用性允许在以前有限的领域进行更多的积累。毫不奇怪,它们也允许保留大量无用的信息——垃圾文化。因此,未来几年的核心挑战是找到有效的在线文化选择机制。最后讨论了算法选择,以及主流批评,例如算法对用户有偏见或不透明的事实,如何不是反对其功效和效用的决定性论据。
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Cumulation
Chapter 8 considers what cultural evolutionists call cumulative cultural evolution, that is, the idea that culture increases in complexity. For a cultural domain being defined as cumulative, it needs to show accumulation (more traits), improvement (traits are more efficient), and ratcheting (new traits build on previous innovations). The author proposes that this is not a necessary outcome, and that different domains show different signs of cumulation. It is suggested that the fidelity and the hyper-availability provided by digital media allow for more cumulation in domains where it was limited before. Not surprisingly, they also allow for the retention of vast amounts of useless information—junk culture. A central challenge for the coming years is thus finding efficient mechanisms of online cultural selection. Algorithmic selection is finally discussed, along with how mainstream criticisms, such as the fact that algorithms are biased or opaque to users, are not decisive arguments against their efficacy and utility.
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