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72: A Self-Help Book for Societies, with Tim Urban
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Are Golems a Good Idea?
Timothy Stanley: I think that there is something fundamental about the experience of living that does sometimes need to tap into that primitive mind. We don't want ethnocentrism, we don't want racism, bigotry, religious extremism and so on - but how do we resolve this tension? He says having a nation can turn into a golem; you could have toxic nationalism which leads to war. But it can also bring a diverse set of people together from all sorts of backgrounds who feel a commonality beyond tribal warring in days past.Stanley: How do we harness the parts of the primitive brain that can turn into golems, but seem like they need to be a necessary part
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