Sebastian Junger on Tribe
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Putting the Group First Is Adaptable
I think there's two, in evolutionary terms, two things going on here. It clearly is adaptive to think in group terms because your survival depends on the group. But there's another adaptive response, which is self-interest. And so when things are bad, you're way better off investing in the group and forgetting about yourself.
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