Sublime

Curiosity has been isolated. But the tide is turning. The deeper we head into the brain, the more impossible that isolation is to sustain. The mass of humanity exerts an unquestionable gravitational force pulling us outward.

The ego is linked to a structure in the brain called the amygdala, as I said above is commonly referred to as the fear centre of the brain.

Dan McAdams. He’s a brilliant and exceptionally creative professor at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy and the author of the influential book The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self.

Humans tend to be tribal and have a huge propensity for kindness – but within their identified community

origins of support for nationalist and populist political leaders (Forgas et al., 2021; Norris & Inglehart, 2019), political conservatism (Brandt et al., 2014; Jost, 2017), partisan polarization (Iyengar et al., 2019), compliance with COVID-related public health guidelines (Druckman et al., 2021; Pennycook et al., 2022), mass political violence

However, as most anthropologists will attest, humans are wired to live in curated collectives, as opposed to mass societies. So people formed new tribes within a larger society in order to find a “place” where they belonged. The French sociologist Michel Maffesoli referred to these new tribes as “neotribes.” The behavioral patterns within these neo

The other strategy is being able to recognise scoundrels before we interact with them, for which we often use behavioural and physical cues of trustworthiness.

being able to see who else has taken a class or what their level of participation was can influence the behavior of subsequent students.