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Josh Rosenfeld's avatar

This is probably the best essay I've read on this topic (and believe me, I've read a few - this topic has been central to my thinking since 2016). I believe that tribalism, and its accompanying dehumanization of friends, neighbors, and family members, poses one of the few truly existential threats to our society.

I have watched so many people I know and love fall into this trap, and feel so terribly removed from them because I can't have dispassionate, intellectual conversations with them without triggering immense anger if I challenge any of their hobby horses.

Please keep writing.

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Political Exile's avatar

This is the exact perspective in Dr. Iain McGillchrist's work. Left hemisphere dominance actually causes the individual to focus so much on the details, that the big picture is completely lost. Wow, that's pretty amazing that someone spelled it out so clearly as to that particular operating system.

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