Steven Pinker
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We know you'll do the right thing.
That's a veiled bribe.
Now, of course, extortion is illegal.
In everyday life, there are occasions where there are implicit veiled threats that you don't spell out in so many words because that establishes a relationship of dominance.
And you may want to avoid that relationship while still getting the message through.
Because that would completely change the dynamic.
Change the dynamic.
So that's what that chapter is about.
That doesn't happen in the black community.
They're just like, I will kick your ass.
I'll kick your ass.
It's resolved in the moment.
Yeah, it's resolved in the moment.
Well, there are, I mean, so that's a case where the relationship of dominance is already established.
Yeah, John Amos.
Another great example.
So why do cultures differ from each other?
Well, if you think of the different kinds of relationships, so the basic kinds of relationships are communal sharing, warmth, intimacy.
That's one model.
Not America.