Perspectives on where our world is heading from a vantage point in Denver, Colorado.
15 January 2009
Desertion and POW Camp Survival
A new study looks that the impact of social networks on desertion and POW camp survival in the Civil War and some other historical circumstances using solid empirical evidence. Strong social networks reduce desertion rates and increase POW camp survival. It is yet another piece of the big counterpart to genetics, which is the impact of social context on how people act.