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Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey

In order to give you all a break from the talk about the end of ...

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In order to give you all a break from the talk about the end of the world, this episode has Jonah speaking with psychologist Dr. Michele Gelfand about one of his pet-obsessions: “tight” and “loose” theories of culture. Why do places like Japan and Singapore seem to be in lockstep while the U.S. is so freewheeling? How should we tighten up, culturally, as a response to COVID? And why are Mexican teachers unions so weird? We ask the hard questions here on The Remnant, so don’t miss it.

Show Notes:

–Michele’s book, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers

–The complexity of fractals, for those who actually understand math

–Michele’s Tight-Loose Quiz

–Mexican teaching jobs are given to… teachers’ kids?

–The gum-free land of Singapore

–D.E. Brown’s list of universal traits across all human cultures

–Jonathan Haidt’s article, which then spawned a book, which then spawned a Remnant episode

–Robert Wright, The Moral Animal

–John Tooby’s “coalition instinct”

–Jonah’s Wednesday “news”letter

–Michele’s piece on COVID in the Boston Globe

–Michele’s “Honor Dictionary”

–The fascinating concept of “pluralistic ignorance”

–GetBlueVine.com/dingo

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Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. When he is not writing the G-File or hosting The Remnant podcast, he finds real joy in family time, attending to his dogs and cat, and blaming Steve Hayes for various things.

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