Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service. Jonathan Haidt congressdecentdevote Change image and share on social
Dividing into teams doesn't necessarily mean denigrating others. Studies of groupishness have generally found that groups increase in-group love far more than they increase out-group hostility. Jonathan Haidt denigratedividefind Change image and share on social
I got interested in the American culture war back in 2004, and it's one of the only growth stocks I've ever invested in. Jonathan Haidt americanbackculture Change image and share on social
Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into teams... but thereby makes us go blind to objective reality. Jonathan Haidt bindblindmake Change image and share on social
Social reality is so complicated that, once you join one team or the other, you become specialized in detecting certain patterns, but you become blind to other patterns. Jonathan Haidt blindcomplicatedetect Change image and share on social
Politics is really religion. Politics is about sacredness. Politics is about offering a vision that will bind the nation together to pursue greatness. Jonathan Haidt bindgreatnessnation Change image and share on social
We humans are really good at forming groups to compete, and then dissolving the groups and reforming them along different lines to compete in a different way. Jonathan Haidt competedissolveform Change image and share on social
Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood. Jonathan Haidt altruismbindgenocide Change image and share on social
Economic issues are just as much moral issues as social issues. Jonathan Haidt economicissuemoral Change image and share on social
While it is useful to rebut charges and get your arguments out in circulation, you have to understand that arguments and evidence have little impact on people as long as their feelings tilt them against you. Jonathan Haidt argumentchargecirculation share on social
