Michael Morris

First, this fracturing or this sort of change in our residential landscape, and then a change in our media landscape, where we get our news from. And one of the fundamental changes tribal instincts is what I call the peer instinct. And it's something we all know about. It's our tendency to conform. It's our tendency to imitate what we see around us more than we realize. It happens unconsciously.

And that's become the primary way that we form political beliefs. We We sort of learn by osmosis from what we're seeing on TV and what we're hearing across the neighbor's fence. And so we have these political beliefs that we think are well-informed, but they come from a relatively narrow range of the full opinion spectrum.

And that's become the primary way that we form political beliefs. We We sort of learn by osmosis from what we're seeing on TV and what we're hearing across the neighbor's fence. And so we have these political beliefs that we think are well-informed, but they come from a relatively narrow range of the full opinion spectrum.

And that's become the primary way that we form political beliefs. We We sort of learn by osmosis from what we're seeing on TV and what we're hearing across the neighbor's fence. And so we have these political beliefs that we think are well-informed, but they come from a relatively narrow range of the full opinion spectrum.

But because we consume more news than ever before, we're confident in our beliefs. And then we hear...

But because we consume more news than ever before, we're confident in our beliefs. And then we hear...

But because we consume more news than ever before, we're confident in our beliefs. And then we hear...

politician from the other party on television and we just we're just dumbfounded you know we we're baffled we don't understand how they could possibly believe what they're saying and so then then the attribution is well maybe they don't believe it and they're they're not sincere and they're just saying it because it's in their self-interest even though they know it's wrong

politician from the other party on television and we just we're just dumbfounded you know we we're baffled we don't understand how they could possibly believe what they're saying and so then then the attribution is well maybe they don't believe it and they're they're not sincere and they're just saying it because it's in their self-interest even though they know it's wrong

politician from the other party on television and we just we're just dumbfounded you know we we're baffled we don't understand how they could possibly believe what they're saying and so then then the attribution is well maybe they don't believe it and they're they're not sincere and they're just saying it because it's in their self-interest even though they know it's wrong

Or they have some cognitive problems. That accusation was being made about Biden, about Trump, then about Harris. We had so many accusations of IQ deficiencies.

Or they have some cognitive problems. That accusation was being made about Biden, about Trump, then about Harris. We had so many accusations of IQ deficiencies.

Or they have some cognitive problems. That accusation was being made about Biden, about Trump, then about Harris. We had so many accusations of IQ deficiencies.

Yeah, of some kind. So whether you think that they're being insincere or you think that they lack cognitive acuity... it's, you know, it's not a very charitable attribution. And so there are negative feelings.

Yeah, of some kind. So whether you think that they're being insincere or you think that they lack cognitive acuity... it's, you know, it's not a very charitable attribution. And so there are negative feelings.

Yeah, of some kind. So whether you think that they're being insincere or you think that they lack cognitive acuity... it's, you know, it's not a very charitable attribution. And so there are negative feelings.

And so I think that's, that's how this, this, this sort of antipathy for the opposite party and this polarization has become so much more salient in the last two generations than it was in our parents or grandparents time. And it's not, something that came from an innate drive to hate. It came from this conformist instinct, which is, which is an us instinct.

And so I think that's, that's how this, this, this sort of antipathy for the opposite party and this polarization has become so much more salient in the last two generations than it was in our parents or grandparents time. And it's not, something that came from an innate drive to hate. It came from this conformist instinct, which is, which is an us instinct.

And so I think that's, that's how this, this, this sort of antipathy for the opposite party and this polarization has become so much more salient in the last two generations than it was in our parents or grandparents time. And it's not, something that came from an innate drive to hate. It came from this conformist instinct, which is, which is an us instinct.

You know, it's, it's an affinity for the end group. It's a, it's a desire to mesh with the end group that, that operates pretty subconsciously. And we're not aware of how much it drives us. And we, we, we kind of naively think that we have an accurate view of reality, but in fact, you know, our view of reality is conformist and, and,