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A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2024
“An eye-opening analysis of why our politics have become so polarized….Keith Payne illuminates one of the biggest problems of our time and lights the way toward some promising solutions.”
—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again
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1 author picked Good Reasonable People as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I like this book because I do believe that people are good and reasonable.
I get along and find much in common with almost any person I meet. BUT when that person becomes part of a group, I am not so sure. Keith Payne helps explain why. Like me, he finds that groups change people. Groups ask people to come together around an idea of who they are – and who they are not.
I recently read a news story of two men in Ohio who met in a dog park, started talking politics, and eventually ended up shooting one…
From Jack's list on The best books on how scapegoating creates and tears apart nations.
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