Michael Morris

some social quirks that enable us to live in culture sharing groups and these culture sharing groups allow for a level of collaboration and common fate and common concern that that is not present in other in any other social species and so

some social quirks that enable us to live in culture sharing groups and these culture sharing groups allow for a level of collaboration and common fate and common concern that that is not present in other in any other social species and so

tribes uh tribes are large groups united by shared culture and our tribal instincts were you know adaptations or mutations that changed our psychology slightly to enable us to live in this kind of group and it just turned out to be the ultimate killer app of evolution because once we were in these culture sharing groups uh it snowballed you know the the cultures started getting

tribes uh tribes are large groups united by shared culture and our tribal instincts were you know adaptations or mutations that changed our psychology slightly to enable us to live in this kind of group and it just turned out to be the ultimate killer app of evolution because once we were in these culture sharing groups uh it snowballed you know the the cultures started getting

tribes uh tribes are large groups united by shared culture and our tribal instincts were you know adaptations or mutations that changed our psychology slightly to enable us to live in this kind of group and it just turned out to be the ultimate killer app of evolution because once we were in these culture sharing groups uh it snowballed you know the the cultures started getting

more complex and more adapted to the local ecology with each generation. And then humans, without becoming any brainier, were more capable of surviving and thriving because they could tap into these better cultures each generation. And they just left all the other species in their dust. So that's the basic story about tribalism. And we're stuck with it because it's in our wiring.

more complex and more adapted to the local ecology with each generation. And then humans, without becoming any brainier, were more capable of surviving and thriving because they could tap into these better cultures each generation. And they just left all the other species in their dust. So that's the basic story about tribalism. And we're stuck with it because it's in our wiring.

more complex and more adapted to the local ecology with each generation. And then humans, without becoming any brainier, were more capable of surviving and thriving because they could tap into these better cultures each generation. And they just left all the other species in their dust. So that's the basic story about tribalism. And we're stuck with it because it's in our wiring.

It doesn't always lead us to do the right thing. But I still believe that it's mostly adaptive, that our tribal instincts enable us to do most of the things that we are proud of and that we benefit from. We notice it more when it leads us to do things that are dysfunctional. And certainly there are examples of that in the world today.

It doesn't always lead us to do the right thing. But I still believe that it's mostly adaptive, that our tribal instincts enable us to do most of the things that we are proud of and that we benefit from. We notice it more when it leads us to do things that are dysfunctional. And certainly there are examples of that in the world today.

It doesn't always lead us to do the right thing. But I still believe that it's mostly adaptive, that our tribal instincts enable us to do most of the things that we are proud of and that we benefit from. We notice it more when it leads us to do things that are dysfunctional. And certainly there are examples of that in the world today.

is by the sort of political pundits, you know, and they're just kind of grasping for a catch all explanation to understand, you know, the red blue rift and the record racial protests and religious conflicts. And, you know, it's, it's an easy, quite facile thing to say, you know, Oh, it's our resurgent tribalism. You know, our tribal instincts have reappeared, you know, and we're, we're, uh,

is by the sort of political pundits, you know, and they're just kind of grasping for a catch all explanation to understand, you know, the red blue rift and the record racial protests and religious conflicts. And, you know, it's, it's an easy, quite facile thing to say, you know, Oh, it's our resurgent tribalism. You know, our tribal instincts have reappeared, you know, and we're, we're, uh,

is by the sort of political pundits, you know, and they're just kind of grasping for a catch all explanation to understand, you know, the red blue rift and the record racial protests and religious conflicts. And, you know, it's, it's an easy, quite facile thing to say, you know, Oh, it's our resurgent tribalism. You know, our tribal instincts have reappeared, you know, and we're, we're, uh,

we're descending into tribalism and our democracy will never be the same. That's what we've been hearing. And I think it's, I call it the trope of toxic tribalism. And it's a pretty despairing theme because the idea is that somehow the genie got out of the bottle and there's no way to get it back inside again. And I don't really think that's what's going on. I think

we're descending into tribalism and our democracy will never be the same. That's what we've been hearing. And I think it's, I call it the trope of toxic tribalism. And it's a pretty despairing theme because the idea is that somehow the genie got out of the bottle and there's no way to get it back inside again. And I don't really think that's what's going on. I think

we're descending into tribalism and our democracy will never be the same. That's what we've been hearing. And I think it's, I call it the trope of toxic tribalism. And it's a pretty despairing theme because the idea is that somehow the genie got out of the bottle and there's no way to get it back inside again. And I don't really think that's what's going on. I think

we have some bad conflicts in the world today, but that's true. That's true every generation. Every generation thinks they're presiding over the end times. What's new is this way of talking about the conflicts as though they reflect

we have some bad conflicts in the world today, but that's true. That's true every generation. Every generation thinks they're presiding over the end times. What's new is this way of talking about the conflicts as though they reflect

we have some bad conflicts in the world today, but that's true. That's true every generation. Every generation thinks they're presiding over the end times. What's new is this way of talking about the conflicts as though they reflect