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SELFLESS: Why “You” Are a Social Creation

The Next Big Idea

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The History of Nation States

The idea that nation states are relatively new inventions, right? Like they're called it between two and three hundred years old. It wasn't until a collection of people could share a conception of themselves as one people in a singular nation that nations became possible. And this teaches us something about what is required for shared identities to emerge.

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