Episode 116: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. This week it’s a solo episode, but it’s a little different from my normal shows.
Typically I do a deep dive on a subject related to health, but this week I’m giving commentary on a subject I see going on a lot lately that I find to be problematic: tribalism. I cover the details about this as well as problems I see around groups and beliefs, and I also address how I think we can move past this as a society.
00:00:20
Taking on new clients
00:04:45
Why I decided to talk about this topic
00:07:20
The dark side of tribalism
00:08:00
What is group think?
00:09:45
Why I don’t feel like I belong in any online groups
00:11:45
Why I don’t have to agree with everyone who comes on my podcast
00:14:15
Why labels can be counterproductive
00:05:15
Does shame make people change?
00:22:15
Imperfect allies
00:24:00
Why we don’t like ideas that run counter to our own
00:25:00
The value of edge cases
00:25:30
Sorites Paradox
00:27:30
How your beliefs happen in clusters
00:29:15
Hypernormalisation
00:31:00
Why even google doesn’t show you objective results
00:34:00
Why it’s easy to discard ideas that don’t match up with your worldview
00:35:00
My idea for how we move past this problem
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I have been pondering about this recently myself. Although tribalism has always been around its part of human nature , we’re living in such unprecedented times now with the rise of social media and technology at our fingertips group think is at a whole different level in my opinion.
Keeping an open mind and the ability to self evaluate is so important.
Thanks for airing this topic Chris I enjoyed listening to it and thought your recommendations were things we could all benefit from.
I wonder too about the personality aspect of this issue; some of us are more introverted and don’t feel comfortable in groups so we stick to doing things more on our own. Whilst extroverts get their sense of identity & energy from being connected to a group. I think this plays a part too.
I really enjoyed this episode because you touch on topics which people don’t necessary want to hear…. but they will probably benefit from doing so. For me personally I like hearing the contradicting beliefs people might have that go against the grain when in a “tribal” situation. It’s needed and necessary to keep things real. Don’t be afraid to speak your mind and your ideas, people might not agree every time but at least it gets them thinking!