Unity in the New Book

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In an amorous state of mind, you choose to stand away from the crowd. Something as weird as that is now acceptable by 30 % of republicans. The more bonded i am with my fellow in group members, th the more dangerous people are in the other group who might be threatening our groups. That's basic argument. But i was thinking about that with your unity chapter on how do you resolve something like the middleeas crisis when you have two groups that are very beautified within the group and there's hostility between them. They become more sympathetic to one another's position. So it's not just any commonal oh, look, brown eyes. No, it has to be something

In this dialogue, based on the new edition of his highly acclaimed bestseller (over 5 million copies sold in over 40 languages), Robert Cialdini — New York Times bestselling author of Pre-Suasion and the seminal expert in the fields of influence and persuasion — explains the psychology of why people say yes and how to apply these insights ethically in business and everyday settings. Shermer and Cialdini discuss: Cialdini’s Universal Principles of Influence and 7 Principles of Persuasion, pluralistic ignorance, free will/determinism, cults, conformity, #BLM, #metoo, antiracism, social justice, and human rights. How rational are humans? Do we default to truth and naturally believe what people tell us? Are we natural-born skeptics or natural-born sheep?