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Environmental unpredictability, economic inequality, and dynamic nature of life history before, during, and after the Industrial Revolution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2019
Abstract
It is emphasized that environmental predictability is another important condition that plays roles in slow strategies that are related to innovation; that economic inequality, except as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, influences innovation; and that switching global life history from a slow to a fast strategy is a response adopted in response to new challenges during the post-Industrial Revolution period.
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Author response
Psychological origins of the Industrial Revolution: More work is needed!