3 June 2020
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Why has the pandemic not united humanity?
Robert Wright speaks with psychologist Paul Bloom about the coronavirus, the famous Robbers Cave experiment, and the social effects of different kinds of common threats.
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In this video:
- Paul describes the view from Toronto
- Zero- and non-zero-sum aspects of the pandemic
- Paul: Canada’s multiparty system helps defuse polarization
- A disaster without solidarity
- How our emotions caused us to underreact to the pandemic
- Masks and mobs
- Trump’s fragile feelings
- Why has the external threat of the disease not united humanity?
- A deep dive into the meaning of statistical significance
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