“Spectrum: absolute nuclear family (ANF) > nuclear family > extended family > fa

—“Spectrum: absolute nuclear family (ANF) > nuclear family > extended family > familialism > tribalism.

As we move from the left side of the spectrum to the right, we see increasing protection of family members from economic pressure which is dysgenic because it affords the less productive members access to reproduction.

The ANF places responsibility for the funding of reproduction at the most individual level, which then allows for selection pressures to act at a more fine granularity to select for the most adapted (eugenic).

Over time, the eugenic selection effects (accrued genetic capital) pay off as the society becomes smarter, healthier and more cooperative, which creates a network effect which causes massive increase in economic velocity.”— William Butchman