It is well known that military groups, religious cults, and terrorist organisations are often highly cohesive but until recently the reasons for this have been poorly understood. New research in the cognitive and evolutionary sciences is showing how cohesion is produced and how it can be used not only to deepen divisions or create more deadly forms of conflict but to solve the greatest cooperation problems facing humanity today: from preventing violent extremism and tackling crime to managing global pandemics and motivating action on the climate crisis.
Professor Harvey Whitehouse gives a public lecture at Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures and the Faculty of Arts at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.
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