“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.”
“Modern humans' group.minded interdependence thus served to spread human sympathy and helping to all in the group, best characterized as a sense of loyalty to the group. As a consequence, there emerged in modern humans a distinctive in-group/out-group psychology.”
Source: A Natural History of Human Morality
“Cohesion is the bane of effective independence.”
“The enemy of mine enemy is not necessarily also my friend!..For a friend and ally today, maybe an enemy and adversary tomorrow!...friendships and alliances which are forged upon necessity as opposed to mutually shared respect and common values..Is a House built upon a foundation of mud!”
“Ritual is as old as humanity. The first humans ritually raised hands and voices in both desperation and exaltation, just as we do today. That protracted continuity is no historical accident. Ritual has been as critical to our success as fire and tools.”
Source: Ritual in Human Evolution and Religion: Psychological and Ritual Resources
“All civilizations have needed a stable basis of short term value.”
“Robert C. Martin’s definition of the Single Responsibility Principle, which states “Gather together those things that change for the same reason, and separate those things that change for different reasons.”
Source: Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems
“Social rituals enhance social bonding between commune members and encourage togetherness, which increase members’ perceived value of the inside option and thus alleviate brain drain. Rituals also mitigate adverse selection by demanding a hard-to-fake, costly signal of commitment to the commune.”
Source: The Mystery of the Kibbutz: Egalitarian Principles in a Capitalist World
“Los grupos cohesionados y moralmente homogéneos son propensos a las cazas de brujas, en particular cuando experimentan una amenaza, sea externa o interna.”
Source: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
“Las cazas de brujas, en general, tienen cuatro atributos: parecen surgir de la nada; incluyen acusaciones de delitos contra el colectivo; las ofensas que dieron lugar a esas acusaciones son a menudo triviales o fabricadas; y las personas que saben que los acusados son inocentes guardan silencio, o en casos extremos, se suman a la multitud.”
Source: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure