The Upsides and Downsides of Tight Cultures

In societies that are tighter, there is more community building. Here in the us, it's actually a rule violation to call out people who are violating norms. Tight cultures have more co ordination and more self control. If you're in context where there's a lot of rules, you develop from an early age that impulse control. This leads to less obesity, less addiction, and there's less crime in tighter cultures. Those are the upsides. The downsides include less innovation, less openness to ideas that challenge the status quo, and less tolerance for differences in religion, race.