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Re:Foraging humans, mammals and birds who live in the same p... by AlotOfReading on Sunday February 07, 2021 @03:13AM (#26053497)
Short answer: No. You should always be wary of trying to apply evolutionary models to achieve specific real-world goals. Given the past history here, I'll go out on a limb and say that it's always a mistake.

Even if it was the right choice, these sorts of things have a dizzying array of unintuitive results and even the academics involved are still working out a lot of the implications. In particular, we don't have a good understanding of how applicable these results (and the wider predictions of HBE) are to non-foraging human societies.

Re:Foraging humans, mammals and birds who live in the same p... by lifeisstillgood on Sunday February 07, 2021 @06:44AM (#26054363)
Fairy Nuff.

I think we do know of plenty of anti-patterns (ie concrete monstrosities, lack of local walkable amenities) so urban planning is still a Good Thing. If done right.