Full Idea
Societies are ordered around six sociobiological principles: kin selection; parental investment; mating strategy; status; territorial expansion and defence; contractual agreement.
Gist of Idea
The biology of societies: kin selection, parenting, mating; status, territory, contracts
Source
Edmund O. Wilson (Consilience [1998], 19 'Intro'), quoted by Peter Watson - Convergence
Book Reference
Watson,Peter: 'Convergence' [Simon and Schuster 2016], p.450
A Reaction
I'm not sure I trust such a precise list. Personally I'm in society because I'm too frightend to drop out. So where is 'defence'? Still, I like attempts at assembling such a list. Politics needs grounding.