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Michael Morris

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Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

So the conclusion was that these people were embedded in relationships where they couldn't quit. without really disappointing some people that they definitely were going to see again. They were definitely going to see the political club that they were a part of back in their hometown, and they definitely were going to see their friends who were also part of this group. So these being...

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

in a network of people who are committed to a cause, it sort of anchors you to that cause so that you stay with it even when the going gets tough.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

in a network of people who are committed to a cause, it sort of anchors you to that cause so that you stay with it even when the going gets tough.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

in a network of people who are committed to a cause, it sort of anchors you to that cause so that you stay with it even when the going gets tough.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

Well, social... Social pressure and social incentives, right? Correct. A sense of support if you do it well and a sense of... Studies of militaries have found that, you know, why do people risk their life on the battlefield? Is it for their country? Is it because they care about democracy? No, it's because of their buddies from boot camp, you know?

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

Well, social... Social pressure and social incentives, right? Correct. A sense of support if you do it well and a sense of... Studies of militaries have found that, you know, why do people risk their life on the battlefield? Is it for their country? Is it because they care about democracy? No, it's because of their buddies from boot camp, you know?

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

Well, social... Social pressure and social incentives, right? Correct. A sense of support if you do it well and a sense of... Studies of militaries have found that, you know, why do people risk their life on the battlefield? Is it for their country? Is it because they care about democracy? No, it's because of their buddies from boot camp, you know?

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

It's their buddies from boot camp who are out there and they're not going to run if their buddy's out there. Even in... even in insurgent groups, or you might call them terrorist groups, there was a theory that terrorists were mentally ill, crazy people.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

It's their buddies from boot camp who are out there and they're not going to run if their buddy's out there. Even in... even in insurgent groups, or you might call them terrorist groups, there was a theory that terrorists were mentally ill, crazy people.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

It's their buddies from boot camp who are out there and they're not going to run if their buddy's out there. Even in... even in insurgent groups, or you might call them terrorist groups, there was a theory that terrorists were mentally ill, crazy people.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

But then when people actually did studies, they typically found the inconvenient finding that these terrorists were above average in mental health and were not these weird deviant loners. They were popular people, well-connected. And so

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

But then when people actually did studies, they typically found the inconvenient finding that these terrorists were above average in mental health and were not these weird deviant loners. They were popular people, well-connected. And so

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

But then when people actually did studies, they typically found the inconvenient finding that these terrorists were above average in mental health and were not these weird deviant loners. They were popular people, well-connected. And so

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

It's because for the same reason, the people who are central members of the community, like the mosque or whatever, if the mosque gets radicalized, those are the people who are going to Throw stones or throw Molotov cocktails.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

It's because for the same reason, the people who are central members of the community, like the mosque or whatever, if the mosque gets radicalized, those are the people who are going to Throw stones or throw Molotov cocktails.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

It's because for the same reason, the people who are central members of the community, like the mosque or whatever, if the mosque gets radicalized, those are the people who are going to Throw stones or throw Molotov cocktails.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

Oh, yeah. He's one of the researchers of this material.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

Oh, yeah. He's one of the researchers of this material.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

Oh, yeah. He's one of the researchers of this material.

Modern Wisdom
#874 - Michael Morris - Why Are We More Divided Than Ever?

Yeah, I'm in a pretty solitary profession myself, you know, being a behavioral scientist and a professor. And I found that even I tend to like courses that are team taught, you know, the core courses where we have to have a team of professors who all go and deliver the same material on the same day to different groups, even though they're more work.