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Cultural Evolution: what this star will be

Ideas mutate, spread, and are selected like genes.

By Constellate · 9 September 2026 · the short form

Cultural Evolution is a star on the Constellate sky: placed by meaning, named, and connected to the stars around it. This is the short form of its post: the line it carries, the area we colour Society, and what stands beside it today.

The line it carries on the sky: Ideas mutate, spread, and are selected like genes.

What stands beside it

The stars nearest to it are Critical Mass, Gresham's Law, Natural Selection and Soft Power, and Status Games is already open to walk. When Cultural Evolution opens, the conversation will land it among them, with a line drawn to each idea it touches.

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