不確実な時代に強くなる方法:7つの期待と8つの戦略

  私の性格は用心深く楽観的である。多くの人々と同じように、私も以前は、私たちの社会はほとんど安定しており、最悪の暴力は過去のものだと信じていた。多くの人々が同じように感じ、回復力を身につける必要などないと思っていたのだろう。そんなときでも...

How to Win Culture Wars

Introduction Yesterday, I watched a podcast discussing how private equity firms are taking over every part of U.S. society they possibly can, squeezing every cent out of people they can — from veterinary services to firefighters’ vehicles and much, much more. After...

What Are Tribal Instincts?

  Photo by Nate Blank on Unsplash   In recent years, I’ve been following politics quite a bit (I guess that too comes with age). The more I compare the present with history, the clearer it becomes to me that people aren’t really governed by reason. It’s...

Humiliation Rituals

  Something strange happens to people when they are part of a group. Even people who, in private, do not want to be cruel can behave very cruelly if they are following the group. One specific form of such cruelty is discussed more and more often in the media:...
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