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Monday, 29 January 2024
An interview that capture some of the essential aspects of my book to be published this fall

Today I’d like to tell you about an interview with a researcher whose thoughts run in exactly the same direction as those in the book that I’ve been writing since 2020. This book will be published this fall by
Écosociété. (I don’t know whether I’ve mentioned this book in the English version of this blog before, but it’s being published in French, and if you’re interested and can read French, I’ve been maintaining an “author’s log” about the process of writing it, in the French version of this blog). (more…)

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Tuesday, 9 January 2024
Differences between individualist and collectivist cultures

This week I am going to very briefly summarize the profound differences between the individualist cultures of North America and the collectivist cultures of East Asia, as reported by Robert Sapolsky in his book Behave: The Biology Of Humans At Our Best and Worst. (more…)

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