The Dangers of Tribalism

This is one of a series of videos I'm doing that introduce the elements of what I call "tribal literacy" -- what citizens should know about the ways that our social identities influence how we view ourselves and the world. Links below.
The link above will take you to a blog post with suggestions for additional reading on the topics I discuss in the video:
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More tribalism videos:
► “The Dangers of Tribalism”:
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► ” Our Tribal Intelligence":
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► "In Our Tribe We Trust":
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► “We Can Value More Than One Kind of Thing: Cognitive Biases, Tribalism and Politics (Part 1 of 3)":
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► "Attention, Focus and Exaggeration: Cognitive Biases, Tribalism and Politics (Part 2 of 3)":
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► "How Polarization Makes Us Mean and Stupid: Cognitive Biases, Tribalism and Politics (Part 3 of 3)":
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[@lordsatyros666]

This needs waaaaaay more views. Everyone should understand this.

[@ghytd766]

Views won't do it, imo But it's a start. I've been talking about this for many years and sending links to videos just like this one. Its been met with a collective yawwwwwn. Have to first combat micro Attention spans, a distrust and lack of appreciation, and widespread ignorance re psychology. Push the idea that changing your mind is a sign if strength rather than weakness. Encourage a sense of humility and THOUGHTFULNESS. Its always, I want mercy for ME! But Justice for YOU!

[@josephrusso4828]

@@ghytd766 I agree 1000% It’s just sad that we have to fight our most basic nature to prevent ourselves from becoming stubborn and rigid.

[@Ruby_The_Fiend]

Foolish apostates have you not heard the good word of the creature from the vegetable soup? Everyone who hath seen it knows that it and it alone is the true deity.

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

Tribalism is a core driver of human behavior and as such needs to be recognized and understood by all. Thanks for this excellent presentation.

[@durandol]

There can be no peace until they renounce their rabbit god and accept our duck god.

[@ConorSantry]

😂

[@saiyanpryme219]

😂😂😂😂😂. DUCK SEASON! RABBIT SEASON! LOL

[@Tiffany-gz7wt]

Blasphemer. The true one is the Flying Spaghetti Monster. All others are false. So sayeth in the Book of Marinara.

[@2010hyundaielantra]

No fox god? Bro is schizo💀

[@knr1445]

Wow. Amazing lesson. You opened my eyes to my own behavior and how damaging it can be. And confirmed my thought that unfriending people because they have different ideas than you actually makes the problem worse. Thank you. I'm sharing!

[@JuwanBuchanan]

So Liberals vs Conservatives tribalism in a nutshell since both think they're on the right side of history.

[@Sahipkıran1]

Nationalism has similar impact on our earth like tribalism. İn fact, it wouldn't be wrong to say that nationalism is glorified and modernized version of tribalism

[@TrueBlueMajikDewd]

This needs to be a lesson for social studies.

[@brendenroberge7424]

Agreed.

[@NoMoreDemoncrats]

Why? Lmao

[@kevine9474]

@@NoMoreDemoncrats Because it's the biggest problem in modern society. Are you young or ignorant? There's lot of examples. Please educate yourself.

[@mrnice2665]

@Abdiwahab Omar maryooley miyaa tahay sxb

[@terrancemcclendon456]

It's a reason they don't

[@Xaviergonzalez85]

Tribes can exclude but they give a sense of purpose to communities, which drives the world.

[@nefariousnilbog]

Just found this video when looking for information about tribalism. Brilliant stuff, the drawings were a super way to help communivate the ideas.

[@alexmisiaszek6123]

It seems to me that the information in this video is becoming increasingly important in our world. Very informative and comprehensive.

[@alan_whoneedstiedye]

Wisdom is accepting our differences and focusing on our common group.

[@mhdfrb9971]

Not all acceptance are good

[@Religious_man]

common ground* and yes, I agree with that.

[@PHILScienceSociety]

Really well done Kevin--you always had a talent for explaining complex ideas clearly and accessibly

[@KjPOPsicle]

Someone was talking about tribalism in video games and I was curious to learn more about tribalism and found this video. You're a great teacher here, it would have been awesome to have a lecturers that drew scenarios (I learn best with images). Thank you for sharing this

[@kultus]

Love the drawings and how they add to the dialogue. So much better than music that is often distracting or jarring and actually subtracts from a unified message. I also like the length of the video. 'Deep dives' of an hour plus can be great depending on topic, but other times you want something shorter.

[@jpmilo2323]

This is a very precise and crisp presentation. Thank you.

[@tiesergrote]

Very well put together.Thank you so much, I will be using this in class!!

[@adammitchell5078]

I love what you are doing. A video on the evolution of tribalism and how it formed over 100,000 (millions?) plus years and how it is ingrained in our biology. Natural selection created the mechanisms in our brains to be tribal. So, it is now a part of our biology, and it had survival advantages. It helps to know why we are this way.

[@lorettagardnermiller2189]

Kevin, thank you for this series. It has been very helpful to understand this topic.

[@Fiox789]

This is exactly what is happening. Thank you you've put this perfectly

[@dmartin1650]

Thanks for an excellent video. I love the presentation format which is very clear and concise. I would say though that I don't think that polarisation necessarily drives a reduction in actual common ground, objectively speaking. Subjectively, it appears so because of the reduction in communication and the narrowing of focus onto the polarising tooic. The perception of a lack of common ground on other topics then feeds the polarisation by allowing us to believe (often incorrectly) that the 'other side' are so different from us that we can safely ignore them and treat them as not being credible at all.

[@TheKilkenny1967]

Great Lesson thanks for sharing more relevant now than ever !

[@meliora4071]

this video is much appreciated. i think it's very necessary nowadays. it's nice to hear this issue represented calmly and educating. in general, your sketches are precise and well thought-through. i personally like that /thumbup

[@klumaverik]

This is great. I need to be better equipped to explain how tribalism effects us all when speaking to family and friends about political and social issues. It's very telling to see someone parroting the general thoughts and views of a certain political party and then not be able to go into any details as to why they feel the way they feel. Thank you for this.

[@LearnJazzyEnglish]

Great video! The tribal element is embedded in us all and is an area in which governments and higher forces easily exploit and manipulate their populations, but with education, awareness, critical and non-judgmental thinking individuals can become more aware of their perceived polarization which could reduce a whole number of so called problems on this planet.

[@krusinek]

More relevant today than ever.

[@ebolds4918]

Very Helpful, thanks for creating 👍🏽

[@junebreeze5620]

I purchased your Udemy course and students talked about your KZbin so I decided to check it out! Thanks!

[@S1L3nCe]

Great video man. Thank you for sharing this information 🙏☺️

[@TheJesusNerd40]

Solution to polarization and tribalism: 1. perspective and 2. Empathy

[@cjaquilino]

Great stuff. And I'm glad you at least mentioned the *positives* of tribalism. Because especially in KZbin native political content I see the word and concept simply used as a pejorative. But it's really just a human phenomena with drawbacks and advantages.

[@PhilosophyFreak]

Yeah, I'm just as interested in the positives.

[@rs5352]

Totally agree. Tribalism can make us go to war, but it can also make us save strangers after a hurricane. Sebastian Junger in fact pleads with us to re-embrace our tribalism to help save our veterans.

[@freierHimmel]

rs5352 Hmm, i don't see why you would need a tribe (people that are sworn together) and not simply just individuals that cooperate to reach a common goal. Like saving a stranger.

[@cjaquilino]

freierHimmel I don't think any of us think people should *literally* organize themselves into tribes. We're just identifying the advantages (and disadvantages) of people self-identifying into groups. Like I mentioned, people on KZbin almost always bring up tribalism in a *negative* context. But like you said there's nothing wrong with organizing into groups toward solving a common cause. We're wired to find meaning by identifying with groups who help us place ourselves among the greater whole and give us social goals to work toward.

[@freierHimmel]

Well i think that to freely cooperate in groups for common goals like fun is pretty normal behavior. The thing gets dangerous and restricts thinking and idividualism when there is peer pressure involved. Like when certain exeriences, beliefs, ideas and facts may not be spoken and certain conclusions may not be drawn, if you dont want to be excluded from the tribe and face group retaliation. In short, ideological tribes that fight ideologies or other (even fictional) tribes. Even if you dont identify with any tribe, if an idea you voice, fits their list of forbidden ideas you will get labeled as enemy, nobody will listen to you anymore and you get attacked by that group. And no social rules of the tribe count for you anymore (hypocrisy). I see this especially in communist, socialist and other marxist tribes (say anything national=National Socialist). Also Feminism acts that way (Question any of their beliefs and you are called an misogynist). In some tribal Islamic countrys you can even get killed for questioning islamic traditions. This is very troublesome, and has led to many cruel wars and even the world-wars. Im looking for a way to get trough to these tribalistic people that dont want to listen or even discuss their ideas as soon as you are labled and try to restict your freedom of speech and assiciation (no plattforming).

[@gbones99]

Just found your video and of course I had to Google you. You've gained a fan eh!

[@orion9k]

Another issue with tribalism is bigotry and how a group of people can isolate individuals from the group - I wish you would adress this issue more related to tribalism. Personally I don't like tribalism, I see more negative outcomes than positive outcomes from it, cos if an individual comes up with a new idea or questions some fundamental things within a tribe, he will be socially excluded why I honestly can't care less about social groups on a tribe level.

[@8270361507]

With the pros, there are the cons attached to the end of it. Yea you get that sense of community and belonging, but the problem is you have to conform to community standards and confine to certain standards to be accepted and be part of the group. If you don't or are "different" you can lose that in an instance as you will be shun and ostracized. Differences or not going with the norm is not tolerated. He didn't mention that aspect.

[@avivastudios2311]

Tribalism is unavoidable. We need to be apart of groups to be healthy. Our families our friends our network. It's vital.

[@thegoldenarm6422]

​@@avivastudios2311 Tribal societies are shitholes. No thanks.

[@Scarshadow666]

Absolutely love how you've approached tribalism through the use of a physical sketchbook to better explain visually (and that you've approached how tribalism isn't just "that bad thing that happens in our brain(s) to vilify our fellow men", but just another evolutionary thing that we as a species have to connect to each other with both pros and cons). Makes me wonder if the next topic you can cover based on social science/psychology/neuroscience would be the study of heuristics and how the human brain provides perspective/worldviews, as that can connect to how tribalism can form in our minds and how heuristics/perspective-thinking can also carry its pros/cons. EDIT: And just saw that you do cover some heuristics in more videos on your channel (performed my own system one mistake before checking up on if there were other videos). 😅😅😅

[@HCNeto]

very interesting and well presented! however, it makes me think that both "us and them" are facing a paradox where different critical thinkers will always justify this polarization through reason, no matter how emotional or rational people are, everybody tend to be influenced somehow. 🤔

[@kevinh6008]

Thanks for starting this series. This is something that I've been thinking about too, mainly in terms of my own "tribal" nature. I look at our President and his supporters, and find myself bewildered, and began to dismiss them as simply falling for tribalism. But then when I see a news report that reports something critical or damaging about the President, I find I'm more than inclined to believe it, and I look back and wonder "What happened to my skepticism? What happened to my presence of mind when I begin prejudging these claims as true?" Combine this with our new "bubble epistemology" and it's difficult to know the difference between what is true and false. The same thing seems to occur at work where I'm constantly rechecking my prejudgments about the people I work with, when I have all of these opinions that I can't justify. This can create a kind of cliquishness at work which is in itself harmful.

[@PhilosophyFreak]

I hear you! I think when you become sensitized to your own tribal habits it's very natural to feel more conflicted and hesitant about your own judgments. I certainly do. It's not a pleasant feeling.

[@danieljones9463]

As you become More and Better, then, hopefully, so will your tribe.

[@HSter0]

Wow! I found this enlightening. Thank you!

[@shivakiely4105]

Thanks, Kevin. I was not aware of this social phenomenon.

[@kevine9474]

No problem:)

[@persiabenjaminBeTaALpha]

Reason of view : Increasing growth of tribalism in my country , so I had to watch and understand where we could be heading and please could please do a video with metrics exceeding the danger zone ;never know we could be heading for terrorr

[@empoweringentrepreneurs11]

Love this very simple and clearly explained thanks

[@putiimsong1563]

Excellent video. thank you for taking the time to make and share this video for us for free. Is there any chance you can refer me to a book to have a deeper understanding. I would really really appreciate it.

[@RonnieD1970]

This is awesome. As usual

[@zhuoranyu4916]

Thanks for making this excellent video, I watched this video last week during my English class and it is so interesting and useful!! Just want to ask if I can publish this video on Chinese social media QQ to let more people watch it? I will put also the link of KZbin and your name. Thanks again!

[@SotraEngine4]

This is fantastic. A video about tribalism that is not made to reinforce tribalism. Theist groups and atheist groups are in my experience just as tribalist as the other

[@polyo4038]

Atheistic groups are nowhere near as tribalist as any theistic person. There may be some. But over all. Way less. Difference is some atheists may he tribalistic. However almost every theist is.

[@miarinnes3134]

your voice is so soothing. do you have a podcast? please create a podcast.

[@GarySchumanforcongress2024]

I would like to say that we will never be able to accomplish anything until we end tribal politics. Fancy words, but I am well received in conservative and Republican circles. My personality, sense of humor, and sense of decency is appreciated by all. Also I respect my political opponents, despite our extreme philosophical differences.

[@PrecookedEagle]

Great video, very informative.

[@_dekanijo]

Perfectly explained!

[@tomsmith4542]

nice ideas, well done !!

[@WillKriski]

I don't like to be parts of groups but I do have similar issues in terms of my own beliefs (diet/nutrition/political) and how I feel others are wrong and how this affects my emotions. Many of the opposing beliefs can lead to serious societal problems so the emotions can be strong (socialism as per Venezuela, animal consumption re: ethics and environmental problems, health care costs, etc).

[@danieljones9463]

A valuable teaching, this. Beautifully done simplicity of Idea Presentation. Well done and thank you, "Kevin deLaplante". This work is a "keeper".

[@BrendaYelting]

Love your videos!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MatthewMFred]

Thank you very much for the video, Professor. Pls allow me to share with credits. Manny out there have to see what you have penned and explained.

[@panamahub]

Tribalism can be cured by traveling and learning about other cultures. Thanx to Internet and cheaper competitive prices it is not a hard thing to do.

[@josephrusso4828]

But that takes conscious effort. In other words, either you or someone in your sphere of influence have to consciously, intentionally expose yourselves to other points of view. If we don’t do that, our default state is highly tribalistic. Basically, we’re all hardwired to become extremists.

[@sarahhess464]

Tribalism and secret societies is what made my tribe survive intact under Christianity for centuries and this included ancient artifacts,lore even some writings and some of these things had to be buried and the reason the DNA of my tribal group still closely matches 500 year old European bodies of our tribe. We resisted assimilation in both countries made up mostly people like ourselves and countries with different types of Europeans. We shrunk and shrunk but still managed to continue to carry on for centuries and this survive even sometimes required the killing of traitors and children and breaking the tribe into thousands of unite's so the discovery of one would not destroy the other units or pieces of the tribe. We wished to survive as a people and a faith so we survived even now the pieces are still being reassembled. We have plenty of books in our tongue on the best way to break conditionings and to condition children. We normally try to foster two out of 6-8 children to other states to more effectively protect blood-line these days. We are taught to embrace strength and sacrifice weakness when a sacrifice is needed and such the blood lines are strengthened. The body,mind and spirit. all are considered important. We used to use Christianity bible to exchange information and was effective even while the Christians where standing their. We have dress as preachers and nuns with a bible in hand before and even managed to subvert churches. Heretic,heretic,heretic. Do you hear the pride in such a chant even while the Christians are standing beside us chanting it. One must win the soul and the mind the Christians never really understood this. We are more then able to twist Christianity farther and warp it to our agenda but we are not the only ones, and we would do the sames to the Jews and Muslims. We are only on one side ours but play them all. We have been playing Christians for centuries now we also have to play the game with different skin colors and this is not a preference but something the weak forced upon themselves. We lived and they die, no big deal unless it has a negative impact upon us and we are not connected to the word tribal in anyway and can change it when it no longer amuses us or advantages us. We are one after all.

[@stickmen1084]

Sarah Hess what is your tribe?

[@sarahhess464]

My tribe is my tribe.

[@Urkelsam12]

Great video!

[@charris939]

Hi Kevin, this is very helpful

[@El_Chuncho]

Great video and explanation!

[@UniversalPotentate]

Fascinating analysis. The systems of polarization we have seem to feed a common capitalistic mechanism. Liberals spend heavily on eco-friendly. Conservative spend heavily on munitions. This is done more as a source of group identity and expressly as a demonstration of what group you are NOT with. The divisions within political parties is huge but at least we're not THOSE people. Let's go to good ol' American McDonald's … or Starbucks … or Walmart … or Whole Foods. Perhaps in a larger context, we should ask "When does polarization become profitable?"

[@JE-ee7cd]

Awesome!

[@mqta-podcast1601]

At around 7:00 you talk about how tribal thinking can lead to self segregation of different groups with worldviews they perceive to be incompatible. I agree with you on that point, but you seem to be suggesting (maybe it wasn't your intention) that people's differences are usually trivial and that this division is undesirable. This claim always makes me think of Lilliput and Blefuscu from Gulliver's Travels. As I see it, people really do have fundamentally incompatible worldviews and their distaste for each other may just mean they are being more conscientious. In Pakistan, nearly 9 in 10 people believe that theft warrants the death penalty. Here in the US, many are very outspoken about the use of capital punishment under any circumstances. Both, I trust, are sincerely held beliefs. To ask either side to abandon their moral positions for the sake of getting along is to promote an a-moral attitude. At the same time, we should just agree to disagree. As long as these groups can avoid some of the pitfalls you mentioned (violence/intellectual laziness), walking away from the argument and ignoring each other seems like a good solution. The problem as I see it is government antagonism. Unlike Americans and Pakistanis, Democrats and Republicans share a government. When the state offers to take sides, or to sponsor the practices favored by one side at the expense of the other, there is bound to be animosity. A good example of this is abortion. Some people sincerely believe that abortion is the same as murdering an adult person in cold blood. I don't believe it, but I applaud those who do for protesting our public policy. Those who shrug it off demonstrate a total lack of moral principle. I look forward to your future videos on this subject. If you have the time, please see my own videos on tribalism. I'd love some feed back.

[@brianperkins6121]

"The Doctrine of Discovery" , and the consept of Manifest Destiny. which are, and continue to be still very much active "code" within the internals of our nations legal foundation stones.

[@Ronin969]

"The real problem is polarization" Can that really be the case when one tribe, as a random example say; communists, themselves obligated by the teachings of the tribe to take over the whole world by any means necessary? Is it polarization when that tribe is forcing all other tribes into conflict or submission? no matter how remote or localized those tribes may be, just doing their thing.

[@awax43]

Fantastic!!! Does Google's search engine categorize us and ensure that we stay in our own little echo chambers that gradually becomes smaller, louder, and more highly differentiated from all the other little echo chambers? If so, what an incredibly powerful and effective device for uprooting everyone from reality for usurping political power by divide to conquer. Are all these tiny, highly-polarized, mutually-hostile echo chambers that are pretty much divorced from reality what is meant by the much touted "cultural diversity"?

[@chrismiller4992]

Excellent work. Marshall Mcluhan would be proud.

[@daudhassan9377]

Excellence keep on

[@imabot2117]

Thhaannk yooou! I need all my information in sketch cartoon

[@marcelogranja]

Great video! This deserves a lot more views!

[@Thesogggybottoms]

Needed this

[@GGanzolo]

Greeeeeeat video!

[@alexo.1388]

Tribalism is the need to be part of a group. To be in a group has its pros and cons. However, what is happening is that people become a hive mind and let those in the lead dictate what to think; critical thinking and objectivism is cast aside. These are people with the laziness to uphold and challenge their own individual cognition. The person values a *specific* portion of a group's ideology (a piece of the pie) rather than the universal, entire whole (the whole pie). Extreme tribalism doesn't allow compromise, which will lead to more polarization.

[@fyaworx]

Othering is what enables people to commit atrocities as you no longer see them as having the same value as yourself

[@FutoXar]

😊even aware guilty of dividing and nationalism, I think only if I was rich I could stop this behavior I am afraid the our resources is going to finish they are going to take it before I do😊

[@edwardsullivan5884]

@Kevin DelaPlante Another danger is when the group takes primacy over the individual. The group you identify with is secondary

[@rontan8433]

Religions and sports have been hugely successful in polarising the mass to fight and hate their out groups.

[@linusbao8650]

love this vid, thanks

[@avivastudios2311]

Great work. The drawings are perfect. This might just rival Ted ed.

[@yinYangMountain]

Kevin, This is very interesting. It seems, however, there is huge room for improvement-and without much effort. With regards to the attempt at illustrating your ideas, if you haven't already done this, I'd suggest the following: • Getting to a Barnes & Noble and reading, - BLAH BLAH BLAH: What To Do When Words Don't Work -Dan Roam - the Sketchnote HANDBOOK -Mike Rohde • speak to an illustrator who understands storyboarding. • test your storyboard illustrations on a diverse audience to see if what you're drawing is effectively communicating the message. With regards to *The Dangers of Tribalism,* I'd suggest you reacquaint yourself with the classics: - The SNEETCHES -Dr. Seuss - The Butter Battle Book -Dr. Seuss Suggestion: When using such illustrations, avoid _Professor Speak_ and any PowerPoint-type teaching. Note: I've been creatively drawing my lesson/lecture notes since the '90s. If you wish, I can send you (via e-mail) an example of my method. ☯ yYM ☯

[@let-there-be-light]

Hi yYM...i read yr suggestion and thank you so much. I am starting to learn on visual bookwriting...trying to make it simple for developing nations audience to comprehend.

[@SanaJabin-pc3yi]

Explain the postive dide of neotribalism

[@brendanjrice7307]

*class begins to write down notes*

[@wilddog73]

Do you accept counter-arguments? I've been exploring this idea, and I'd love to talk about it with someone.

[@mustang607]

If some powerful person really understood all this tribal stuff they could incite one tribe and set it upon another and just watch.

[@josephrusso4828]

I have a feeling this has already happened many times.

[@chumptown259]

I disagree with the idea that tribalism is not inherently harmful at least in terms of morality and modern necessity that is to say I am sure it had either earlier in our species history or our wider history a function who's good from a species survival point of view far out weighed the bad, but I believe today tribalism is the catalyst for far too many evils and far too few goods to be called anything other than an ineradicable blight on our species quest for a more moral society.

[@PhilosophyFreak]

Group identity has always been a double-edged sword. The negatives are clear, the positives don't get enough attention, I think. Human beings are an ultra-social species, and we're adapted to living in groups. Our greatest cultural achievements are made possible by our ability to share information and collaborate in groups. I don't want to downplay the dark side of tribalism, but a society without group identities and group bonds isn't a human society.

[@kevinh6008]

I'm not sure that it is fair to even make a distinction between tribalism and morality. I guess I don't know how "tribalism" is defined exactly, other than having a common understanding of what it means in our political culture, but I would make the following conjecture. "Tribal" psychology as such might also be the foundation of our altruistic nature. Because what is the alternative to a tribe? A dynasty, which I would contrast to a tribe in that a dynasty is purely based on kinship relationships. Tribes originate as kinship relations, but they begin exchanging wives, enslaving other tribes but eventually making their descendents citizens of the tribe. Notice how many of the "tribes" we are talking about are things like vegetarians, or political conservatives. That is, we tend to unite together based on ideas and sentiments, not on blood. On this basis we generalize the idea of tribe to include the "brotherhood of humanity" or "citizens of the world", and now we find a way to universalize our tribe. But it is easy to forget that this kind of morality is an evolution and generalization of a much more primitive kind of morality that sees no further than the survival and flourishing of the tribe.

[@chumptown259]

I suppose my thought is that with the pragmatic positives of working together being clear to a conscious mind, there would be no need for the subconscious drivers that so often motivate people to be terrible, however I suppose it would be night impossible to pick apart what makes us tribalistic from what doesn't and whether there are any tribalistic parts that help us to live up to our own moral codes/aspirations.

[@danieljones9463]

Hmmm. Interesting comment, "Chump Town". I think the "Good" (Evolution Toward Creational Levels Of Species Excellence) does "outweigh" the "bad" (that which causes devolution). I further think that there is one thing that the "Good" has to learn. And that is to early identify certain Negative Individual Characteristics and neutralize, or eliminate them...so that these parasitical and disruptive characteristics cannot attain dominance over the Good Of Us and Our Ways. In short We need to learn to minimize the harmful effects of those among Us, who tend only to their own quests...at the expense of the rest of Us. So much work has yet to be done about this problem. Thanks to Our Human Behavior and Psychology studies, We are beginning to be able to recognize the negative ones among Us. I say this because I believe in the ultimate victory of Good over bad.

[@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104]

You anti-tribalists would say that wouldn't you!

[@OdinComposer]

Good stuff! Looking forward to more. Btw it'd be cool if you could show where these ideas come from. Are they your ideas? Are they the scientific consensus? It's not clear from the video and that bugs me a bit even though I agree with pretty everything you said.

[@PhilosophyFreak]

Check out the link in the description

[@zibongo6720]

Somalia should learn from this. #BanSomaliTribalism.

[@xisaabiyosaynis8479]

Yeah walhi

[@aFarAwayGalaxy]

I miss a video explaining the evolutionary reason(s) for tribalism in humans i.e. our history as living in small hunter-gatherer groups competing with each other.

[@Myheartofthematter]

I had lots of thoughts watching that ranging from "I have no tribe" to remembering that I can be judgemental and polarized against those who polarize...until I converse with people I judge, then, of course, I get a better measure of what the person is about. I've spoken lots about education..all going back to that and I still hold that belief but I guess there are those who believe they are educated enough just a different education that we think is required for better understanding of politics and people. The us and them for me is those of us who aim to be inclusive, understanding and compassionate and them who don't display such desires even when they think they are understanding..what they understand however doesn't match reality. Brexit here in the UK has certainly shaken up the grouping in political leanings...the left and right split into leave, remain and democratically finding a way of compromise between both, the left wing Brexit, the right wing Brexit whatever that is and the far right Brexit we know too well the meaning. Then the centrists/breakaway parties taking advantage of the situation for political gain and polarizing even further. When we feel what we do makes little to no difference it's easy to give up and that's when the manipulation of those taking advantage for political gain works best.

[@MODeration_nXS]

I've seen 2 people very close to me that have become radically polarized in a matter of 2 years. These are very smart and previously compassionate people. It's mind boggling. Search "roger mcnamee zucked" on KZbin. It's a 51 minute interview and it explains how social media is used influence and polarizes people. He talks a little about brexit and the US election too. BTW it's not a crazy conspiracy video. 😁 Stay strong and stay you!

[@carpo719]

Thank you for the video, I very much enjoyed it. I've been doing my own research on tribalism for my videos. I've always been inspired by the hand-drawn style of some videos, and consider doing it myself. You might have just inspired me to give it a shot! Subscribe, I hope to see more interesting stuff

[@rodneyking8030]

this is the reason africa is not developing tribalism everywhere, so the people are totally seperated and not united, how do u expect a broken country develop a mighty nation like usa or australia or uk🤦🏿‍♂️

[@xanshen9011]

Yes I agree. Unfortunately, the black race does not understand just how important unity is for development.

[@Yusa_Beach]

Africa isn't a country and its not just there, it's everywhere.

[@sebastianthebadass761]

Sounds a lot like politics

[@tubejanmi]

Great video, Kevin! It nails down the essentials of tribal psychology - an ancient behavioral mechanism. I've been constructing a theory on this subject, and it looks like that the intergroup dynamics fluctuate in an 80-year cycle, meaning that there is a peak in group tightness every 80 years, which leads to the rise of nationalism (in our age of nations): jannemiettinen.fi/FourthTurning/

[@claudiuplugariu1488]

And what is wrong with nationalism?

[@tubejanmi]

@@claudiuplugariu1488 Did I say there is something wrong with nationalism? I didn't, since it's largely a matter of perspective, and I'm not taking any sides here, just making observations about the slow movements of nationalism and globalism.

[@claudiuplugariu1488]

@@tubejanmi Nationalism is a form of tribalism. You can't have nationalism without tribalism.

[@nosellouthere1224]

@@claudiuplugariu1488 yet in your thought process and current events you can have tribalism without nationalism, which in itself can benefit one group over another whilst instituting moral sociology on both groups whilst morals are only being placed on one. This equals a coo

[@kevine9474]

@@claudiuplugariu1488 Nationalism is a plague and you know it.

[@noexplosionsnolife.296]

Does this mean the zodiac is an example.

[@unwanted2342]

its sad they neglect this issues

[@solar_SG]

MY TEACHER IS MAKING SOLVE PROBLEMS WHICH HAPPEN BY TRIBALISM. HOW IS A 12 YEAR OLD SUPPOSED TO SOLVE CIVIL WAR WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN COULDN'T Sorry, I'm angry

[@leof.n.abrahams8260]

Same , I'm from Cape Town. They ask us unlogical questions that's irrelevant to us .

[@Alena-sk6py]

This is the same with cancel culture. Culture is great in the context of understanding I,E socialology and psychology. Not so great in politics.

[@alifethiopia]

This is Typical Ethiopian political problem we have been fighting one another through this tribalism lens

[@fluffyunicorn1515]

I recently went vegan. I would like to live with other vegans. I am really distressed by carnism. I understand this can lead to polarisation but I don't know how to deal with this. I think that killing animals to eat them is ethically wrong. I don't think less of anyone for being a carnist though, I understand that it's part of our culture, but that also does not make it okay to pay for someone to kill an animal. I don't want to get too deep into an echo chamber, I'm a sociologist, I should know better. Other than trying to watch lots of debates and anti vegan videos I don't know what else I can do. A lot of anti vegan videos seem to focus on health rather than the ethical issues.

[@YVO007]

"Foremostly, 'Thank you', 'for investing', in our planetwide". "Beyond my own knowledge practiced, 'I am humbled by the brave souls who practice believing gratefully", by after really studying our environment then follow their humbled heart for our happiness. AI will never understand our value in what practiced must first be believed even if knowingly temporary. We by believing hold added value no single tribe can independently manage. Our well being has been challenged with bipolar grooming over many centuries prescribing our narratives. Our own ghosts return with the very same demands as before throughout mankind's history of war behaviours we believed we had no choice but to practice the hate for the others blindly loyal. Our mechanism delivers though highly biassed by both the sellers of cheap pride and anger motivated by the business these beliefs demand we practice.... An authorized Job to access survival and a pittance on prosperity closely measured out not deserving just because we are socially authorized to act from behind the theaters of nonsensical distractions motive is to stay our tindered self awareness our nee jerk reaction propensity to send our families of to die with hate on their mind & hearts crying war Government invested fronts, far more insidious than today's fake news. Until we, ;the planetwide', halt the weaponizing of our very own children from their own homes and grade schools to the false confidence in those very same tribal nuclear annihilation very poor insurance for them to learn to practice humility in the face of those good souls our chosen personal investment look to attempt a delivered by us unfair disadvantage. This all means... it is not only true we've more whistleblowers using the internet to extent their very best fair witnessing but, "they", :"are us"...! AI's algorithms are such as is the unspoken intention of persons razed on demanding the entertainment of a sense of power is manually extracted and or controlled by the well experienced syndicates buying our expendable labor forces. Answer is? Cheap pride is and fair trade for our dignity. We live far to shortly to propagate misery from any point on our cherished planetwide [e-mail] kzbin.info/www/bejne/baqQk2qca6h-aK8 Kevin deLaplante

[@chumptown259]

I love speculation on the green beard effect, I don't know if you are aware of the thing, Richard Dawkins I believe coined the term.

[@Infornografista]

The separation you mention didn't really happened if there was post-aggression as you said. After separation there wouldn't be contact at all. Also, the so-called yellow and red levels of polarization only happens when there is no separation, and that is why separation is needed. There will always be green level of polarization inside the tribe itself, and it's fine, because individuals are unique after all. You are equating things like genetic differences with whether people like rare or medium rare meat. In the first case, there will be yellow/red polarization; in the second case, only green level. We, humans, are fine with the green level -- we don't need to force yellow/red levels by creating melting pots. In the end, forcing people who don't wanna be together to stay together seems like a very dumb idea.

[@brendanjrice7307]

Every culture on earth made some kind of religious being(s) every nation would have its leader, every pack its lead wolf, humans follow each other and especially when one appears stronger then the rest, this is survival instinct and it can work in today’s world as a policy of nationalism