The speakers reflect on a high school bullying incident and discuss how it affected them. They explore feeling like an outsider and the memories it brings back, as well as the evolutionary wiring behind exclusion and inclusion in children.
It's human nature to form groups — families, friends, online communities. We love to be surrounded by people similar to us.
But that can also make us discriminatory and defensive. And social media makes that instinct worse.
In this episode, we look at how our brains evolved to connect and divide, and what that means for the problems we face in our modern world.