Globalization Archives

(Trevor Cole)

Global WEIRDing Threatens Cognitive Diversity

January 31, 2019June 1, 2020 Kensy Cooperrider 0 Comments 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.

(Zeyn Afuang)

Ideas Society & Culture

Competition Is Bad for Families but Good for Societies

October 18, 2018June 1, 2020 DB Krupp 0 Comments Community, Family, Globalization, Relationships

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