Michael Morris

is the ancestor instinct what is it that causes people to start thinking in terms of tradition and letting tradition guide them uh one of the kinds of uh cultural cues that is most important is ceremonies so ceremonies are public events that involve symbols but that often involve synchronous movement

is the ancestor instinct what is it that causes people to start thinking in terms of tradition and letting tradition guide them uh one of the kinds of uh cultural cues that is most important is ceremonies so ceremonies are public events that involve symbols but that often involve synchronous movement

So you're talking in unison, you're moving in unison, you're often marching or you're in church, you know, you're getting up and down in a yoga class, you're going through these positions together. And there's even a neuroscience literature on this, that synchronous behavior, it lulls people into a different mental state where they're, they're, Self-concept as an individual is reduced.

So you're talking in unison, you're moving in unison, you're often marching or you're in church, you know, you're getting up and down in a yoga class, you're going through these positions together. And there's even a neuroscience literature on this, that synchronous behavior, it lulls people into a different mental state where they're, they're, Self-concept as an individual is reduced.

So you're talking in unison, you're moving in unison, you're often marching or you're in church, you know, you're getting up and down in a yoga class, you're going through these positions together. And there's even a neuroscience literature on this, that synchronous behavior, it lulls people into a different mental state where they're, they're, Self-concept as an individual is reduced.

They become more open to unity experience. Their critical thinking is somewhat reduced. And so they become more open to this idea of accepting tradition. So if you have a moment in a yoga class or in a religious service where suddenly you feel part of a tradition, that's because you've been in a ceremony and ceremonies bring that out in us.

They become more open to unity experience. Their critical thinking is somewhat reduced. And so they become more open to this idea of accepting tradition. So if you have a moment in a yoga class or in a religious service where suddenly you feel part of a tradition, that's because you've been in a ceremony and ceremonies bring that out in us.

They become more open to unity experience. Their critical thinking is somewhat reduced. And so they become more open to this idea of accepting tradition. So if you have a moment in a yoga class or in a religious service where suddenly you feel part of a tradition, that's because you've been in a ceremony and ceremonies bring that out in us.

Yeah. In cults, I mean, there are daily ceremonies where you're kind of made to feel part of a broader system. Your individual self-consciousness gets dampened. And I think people join cults because... This unity experience is a wonderful thing to experience.

Yeah. In cults, I mean, there are daily ceremonies where you're kind of made to feel part of a broader system. Your individual self-consciousness gets dampened. And I think people join cults because... This unity experience is a wonderful thing to experience.

Yeah. In cults, I mean, there are daily ceremonies where you're kind of made to feel part of a broader system. Your individual self-consciousness gets dampened. And I think people join cults because... This unity experience is a wonderful thing to experience.

A lot of us will experience it on a sports team or if you're part of a political campaign and you're throwing yourself into it, you feel part of something larger and you're making sacrifices for that group and you feel connected to prior generations of people in the same community. So it's a wonderful experience. experience that people get when they start to join a cult.

A lot of us will experience it on a sports team or if you're part of a political campaign and you're throwing yourself into it, you feel part of something larger and you're making sacrifices for that group and you feel connected to prior generations of people in the same community. So it's a wonderful experience. experience that people get when they start to join a cult.

A lot of us will experience it on a sports team or if you're part of a political campaign and you're throwing yourself into it, you feel part of something larger and you're making sacrifices for that group and you feel connected to prior generations of people in the same community. So it's a wonderful experience. experience that people get when they start to join a cult.

And then I think cults differ from just a strong culture in some of their recruitment techniques. One thing that really characterizes cults is what's called network isolation, where they will

And then I think cults differ from just a strong culture in some of their recruitment techniques. One thing that really characterizes cults is what's called network isolation, where they will

And then I think cults differ from just a strong culture in some of their recruitment techniques. One thing that really characterizes cults is what's called network isolation, where they will

They'll find somebody who maybe is not tightly embedded in a community, like maybe a transfer student who is new on a large campus or someone who's recently gotten out of the army and hasn't really started work yet, and they will invite that person to some social activity, maybe a a volleyball game or a dinner, and they love bomb them.

They'll find somebody who maybe is not tightly embedded in a community, like maybe a transfer student who is new on a large campus or someone who's recently gotten out of the army and hasn't really started work yet, and they will invite that person to some social activity, maybe a a volleyball game or a dinner, and they love bomb them.

They'll find somebody who maybe is not tightly embedded in a community, like maybe a transfer student who is new on a large campus or someone who's recently gotten out of the army and hasn't really started work yet, and they will invite that person to some social activity, maybe a a volleyball game or a dinner, and they love bomb them.