I thank Bentley and O'Brien (2024) for their cogent review of issues associated with inheritance and intention in cultural evolution. Intent is, of course, present in cultural process and that begs the question as to when and how we concern ourselves with it as a factor in cultural evolution (Rosenberg 2022). Intent underlies our understanding of both micro- and macro-scale processes of cultural evolution. Lamarckian microevolutionary process depends on decision-makers choosing whether or not to accept and sometimes alter cultural traits (Boyd & Richerson 1985). Zeder (2009, 2018) points out that even long-term change may be affected by conscious infrastructural investments that alter capacity for socioeconomic production and, subsequently, canalise later developments.

我感谢 Bentley 和 O'Brien （2024） 对文化进化中与继承和意图相关的问题的有力审查。当然，意图存在于文化过程中，这就引出了一个问题，即我们何时以及如何将其作为文化进化的一个因素来关注（Rosenberg 2022）。意图是我们理解文化进化的微观和宏尺度过程的基础。拉马克微进化过程取决于决策者选择是否接受，有时还会改变文化特征（Boyd & Richerson， 1985）。Zeder （2009， 2018） 指出，即使是长期变化也可能受到有意识的基础设施投资的影响，这些投资改变了社会经济生产能力，并随后影响了后来的发展。