The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous, Joseph Henrich (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020). Until 2002, diplomats at the United Nations didn’t have to pay their parking tickets. Double-parking, blocking a fire hydrant, blocking a driveway, blocking an
I was thinking about this some more and I think the clearest example of non-WEIRD society in the US are cults. Did you know that even when folks escaped the grip of Jim Jones, they remained mostly loyal? People put up with horrid abuse out of loyalty to the "clan."
WEIRD folks call it brainwashing, but is that to simplistic? It might instead be a moving from WEIRD to non-WEIRD.
There are lots of examples from a multitude of cults and the answer will be complex, but I think that there might be more here than just sunk cost: "If I leave, I have to admit I wasted all my relationships, family, friends and wealth for years." These folks seem to operate more on non-WEIRD principles than I had originally thought.
Interesting review as always! Have you considered reading/reviewing Dominion by Tom Holland? I'm gradually coming around to his belief that Christianity was a far more radical social movement than most westerners recognize, and I'd be curious to have your take.
I was thinking about this some more and I think the clearest example of non-WEIRD society in the US are cults. Did you know that even when folks escaped the grip of Jim Jones, they remained mostly loyal? People put up with horrid abuse out of loyalty to the "clan."
WEIRD folks call it brainwashing, but is that to simplistic? It might instead be a moving from WEIRD to non-WEIRD.
There are lots of examples from a multitude of cults and the answer will be complex, but I think that there might be more here than just sunk cost: "If I leave, I have to admit I wasted all my relationships, family, friends and wealth for years." These folks seem to operate more on non-WEIRD principles than I had originally thought.
Interesting review as always! Have you considered reading/reviewing Dominion by Tom Holland? I'm gradually coming around to his belief that Christianity was a far more radical social movement than most westerners recognize, and I'd be curious to have your take.