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Global WEIRDing Threatens Cognitive Diversity and Multiculturalism Erraticus Image by Trevor Cole
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Essays Society 

Global WEIRDing Threatens Cognitive Diversity

January 31, 2019June 1, 2020 8 min read Kensy Cooperrider Globalization, Language, Multiculturalism, Neuroscience

Human cognitive diversity joins a number of other forms of diversity that are disappearing. Diversity of mammals and plants, of languages and cuisines. But the loss of cognitive diversity raises issues all its own.

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Competition is Bad for Families but Good for Societies Erraticus Image by Zeyn Afuang
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Ideas Society 

Competition Is Bad for Families but Good for Societies

October 18, 2018June 1, 2020 6 min read DB Krupp Community, Family, Globalization, Relationships

Local competition—including that among siblings or neighbors—stymies cooperation and social capital, whereas global competition fosters both.

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