Professor Brian D Smith, Academic, Author, Advisor

My new Substack, Strategy under Selection is for pharma and medtech execs who think deeply about strategy, leadership and organisational behaviour. But it will also appeal to my academic friends who like to see Generalised Darwinism applied in practice. open.substack.com/pub/professorb…

@NAChristakis will be speaking at the June 9th webinar of the Darwin Club for Social Science on the Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society. If you would like to attend, please reach out to me, and I will arrange it.

@ideapharma Many happy returns Mike

Woke up this morning, and suddenly I’m 60, which is mad, as I was 40 just 10 years ago… With the most perfect wife in the most perfect city on earth - the new decade has started well 🙏🏻👏🏼

The brilliant Peter A Corning on "Evolution on Purpose", his webinar for the Darwin Club for Social Science. Our next webinar, Professor Alex Mesoudi on studying cultural evolution in the lab, is 14.00 UK, nov 18th. For an invite, please get in touch. youtu.be/QWhDWNgxfJ0

The next webinar of the Darwin Club for Social Science is the brilliant @Peter_Turchin on “The Great Holocene Transformation: Cultural Macroevolution of Social Scale and Complexity”. Open to all but by invitation, which can be obtained by mailing brian.smith@pragmedic.com

@ideapharma You take care of yourself.

Arrived home to a letter from my GP telling me I have CKD 😮😖 I think ‘bedside manner’ has gone by the by in the new NHS 😅

I'm delighted to invite you to the next webinar of the Darwin Club for Social Science. Prof. Matthijs van Veelen of the University of Amsterdam will helps us to understand why commitment explains good and evil behaviour in humans. For an invitation DM me.

@ideapharma Wonderful. I’m very happy for you and your family.

Within the space of a couple of months, I now have two engaged children, and both partners are kind of ideal - life keeps coming, and it’s excellent 🙏🏻

@larrywabrams @larrywabrams - I've sent the paper to your gmail address.

@larrywabrams Larry, mail me and I’ll sort it.

Evolutionary science has a fascinating take Free Will. The latest recorded webinar of the Darwin Club features Kevin J Mitchell describing his work on the evolution of free will. Highly recommended. youtu.be/Z9pHD1KZaXA

@AgnesAyton @g_m_hodgson @RandyNesse The webinar is run by MS Teams, which means that I need an email to invite you. Please mail me on brian.smith@pragmedic.com

@ProfBrianDSmith @g_m_hodgson @RandyNesse Yes please!

Monday's (17.00UK) webinar of the Darwin Club for Social Science, chaired by @g_m_hodgson features @RandyNesse's evolutionary perspective on mental health. Having read his work, I know it will be a great session. If you would like an invitation, please DM your email address.

@BNHorowitzMD @g_m_hodgson @RandyNesse The webinar is run by MS Teams, which means that I need an email to invite you. Please mail me on brian.smith@pragmedic.com

@ProfBrianDSmith @g_m_hodgson @RandyNesse Hello. I would very much like to hear Dr Nesse’s talk tomorrow. If you could send me link I would be so grateful! Many thanks.

@CsajbokZsofia @g_m_hodgson @RandyNesse The webinar is run by MS Teams, which means that I need an email to invite you. Please mail me on brian.smith@pragmedic.com

@ProfBrianDSmith @g_m_hodgson @RandyNesse I would like a link as well, please!

@jasminebneal @g_m_hodgson @RandyNesse The webinar is run by MS Teams, which means that I need an email to invite you. Please mail me on brian.smith@pragmedic.com

@ProfBrianDSmith @g_m_hodgson @RandyNesse Hi Brian, looks like I’m unable to DM you but I’d love to receive the link for tomorrow’s session. Thanks! 🙏🏾

@CsajbokZsofia @g_m_hodgson @RandyNesse The webinar is run by MS Teams, which means that I need an email to invite you. Please mail me on Brian,smith@pragmedic.com

Much of the theory in economics and management assumes we're all self interested and care little for others. Here, @g_m_hodgson carefully and thoughtfully helps us think through why we need to look at human nature differently. youtu.be/f4WHNS5CVes

Early morning read…finally got around to this. Fantastic. @sapinker Steven Pinker always educates and entertains me. Strongly recommended