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Binder's avatar

People accuse me of boh-sideism. What I loved about this is that precise ability. I might have easily fallen into the same thinking, my kids as well. Had it not been for my foundations in chemistry. There is such a pull, hunger to find meaning in the mundane. Nature has always done that for me. So looking to indigenous roots makes perfect sense. But the brutality of the past gets romanticiszed. We are the wealthiest, most connected and most able to help ourselves and each other than ever before in history. That's reason for hope.

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Peter Welsh's avatar

You're thinking along the same lines as Andy A. West, in his book titled The Grip of Culture: The Social Psychology of Climate Change Catastrophism - available through the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

Applies tools of social science to illuminate the roots of much behavior that is otherwise inexplicable.

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