Interesting post from @brianklaas

“This is likely part of the reason why political leaders stoke fear and a sense of civilizational collapse when they discuss the rival granfalloon that’s coming to destroy your life. The feeling of threat intensifies our evolutionary instincts, entrenching toxic in-group/out-group dynamics. When that happens, we willingly abandon humanity’s secret weapon: our intellectual curiosity.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/brianklaas/p/the-rise-of-granfalloon-politics?r=12ull&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post