Michael Morris

there has been a cascade of Cassandras, you know, everybody wants to out Cassandra, the other Cassandras and become the pundit du jour. So I think that some of that has been going on and what makes for good, what makes for good op-eds doesn't necessarily make for good policies.

And that's, that's where I think, you know, a little bit more grounding in science when we talk about tribalism would elevate the discussion a little bit.

And that's, that's where I think, you know, a little bit more grounding in science when we talk about tribalism would elevate the discussion a little bit.

And that's, that's where I think, you know, a little bit more grounding in science when we talk about tribalism would elevate the discussion a little bit.

That's really well put. I would say... 95% of our tribal wiring is about us, not about them. Our evolutionary forebearers did not have that much contact with other tribes. The population density in Stone Age Europe or Africa before that was very low. There were very few Homo sapiens there.

That's really well put. I would say... 95% of our tribal wiring is about us, not about them. Our evolutionary forebearers did not have that much contact with other tribes. The population density in Stone Age Europe or Africa before that was very low. There were very few Homo sapiens there.

That's really well put. I would say... 95% of our tribal wiring is about us, not about them. Our evolutionary forebearers did not have that much contact with other tribes. The population density in Stone Age Europe or Africa before that was very low. There were very few Homo sapiens there.

total you know the whole the entire population was like a small city today so they didn't have that much contact with other other tribes what they had a lot of contact with was each other you know they had daily contact with each other and what what paid off evolutionarily was having traits and having capacities that enabled you to collaborate effectively with the fellow members of your tribe and um

total you know the whole the entire population was like a small city today so they didn't have that much contact with other other tribes what they had a lot of contact with was each other you know they had daily contact with each other and what what paid off evolutionarily was having traits and having capacities that enabled you to collaborate effectively with the fellow members of your tribe and um

total you know the whole the entire population was like a small city today so they didn't have that much contact with other other tribes what they had a lot of contact with was each other you know they had daily contact with each other and what what paid off evolutionarily was having traits and having capacities that enabled you to collaborate effectively with the fellow members of your tribe and um

Evolutionary scholars can slice the salami very thinly when they talk about these adaptations. I'm someone who – I've been a business school professor and a sort of political consultant, organizational consultant for 20 years and also a researcher of cultural psychology. So I tend to –

Evolutionary scholars can slice the salami very thinly when they talk about these adaptations. I'm someone who – I've been a business school professor and a sort of political consultant, organizational consultant for 20 years and also a researcher of cultural psychology. So I tend to –

Evolutionary scholars can slice the salami very thinly when they talk about these adaptations. I'm someone who – I've been a business school professor and a sort of political consultant, organizational consultant for 20 years and also a researcher of cultural psychology. So I tend to –

distinguish tribal instincts in three major waves because I think it corresponds to three major systems in our group psychology that we can still recognize in ourselves today and that effective leaders or activists or managers or coaches

distinguish tribal instincts in three major waves because I think it corresponds to three major systems in our group psychology that we can still recognize in ourselves today and that effective leaders or activists or managers or coaches

distinguish tribal instincts in three major waves because I think it corresponds to three major systems in our group psychology that we can still recognize in ourselves today and that effective leaders or activists or managers or coaches

draw upon and harness today um so i can go into those but i think i i would say an answer to your question is that it's 95 us instincts uh they're not them instincts because them instincts just wouldn't have been adaptive, right? It wouldn't have been adaptive to go looking for other tribes to fight with.

draw upon and harness today um so i can go into those but i think i i would say an answer to your question is that it's 95 us instincts uh they're not them instincts because them instincts just wouldn't have been adaptive, right? It wouldn't have been adaptive to go looking for other tribes to fight with.

draw upon and harness today um so i can go into those but i think i i would say an answer to your question is that it's 95 us instincts uh they're not them instincts because them instincts just wouldn't have been adaptive, right? It wouldn't have been adaptive to go looking for other tribes to fight with.

Well, I'm... I'll agree partly with that. I think that an outgroup is often a foil that allows for a more precise definition of the in-group and a stronger feeling of distinctiveness in the in-group. And part of in-group identity is usually trying to find some way to feel slightly better than another group.