How do daily habits lead to political violence? | Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah

What drives someone to commit politically motivated violence? The unsettling answer lies in daily habits. Behavioral historian Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah shares startling insights into how seemingly mundane choices can breed polarization that lead to extreme, even deadly, actions -- and explains how to identify and bypass these behaviors in order to rediscover common ground.

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[jinruixu]

1. Information bubble
2. Us-them
3. Focusing on diff
4. Focusing on emotional cues

[SPAMMAN]

God I wished more people in today's political discourse paid attention to this and these patterns

[Abdysch]

What a beautiful lecture.
"Which wolf is winning, a good one or a bad one?" - "The one who you feed"

[vegancurse]

This is so important right now. Everything is so polarized.

[afc]

Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become."
--James Clear

[m.h]

Thank you so much for this amazing talk 💙 I wish everybody in this world could hear this 🌞 it's much much needed.

[helendurow]

You made me think Long and Hard about our thought processes in our situation in South Africa. Thank you ❤❤❤

[davida]

Thank You!! This approach needs to be heard more.

[justsophia]

Thank you for sharing what's been suggested by your research; very informative.

[ilovetrentinoslowlifeitaly]

Thank you so much for talking about this delicate topic.

[harriettbanish]

Also it is very important on a human-level to see what he have in common with other people rather than what is it that makes us different from them.

[ludvigbergstrom]

An educational and amazing talk that should receive way more attention.

[cavemann_]

8:38 thank you for saying that, although I'm incapable of feeling sympathy for people I have no connection with, it makes me happy that you are trying to spread awareness of this issue.

[treenutspeanuts]

Oh my goodness this talk was so wonderfully put together and eloquently delivered. Timely and impactful as always, way to go TED :)

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

[VigneshwaranS]

Thank you for sharing this. Such a well-researched, well-articulated and relevant video especially in today's context all over the world!

[harriettbanish]

I really liked it! I feel like this ted talk contributed to a better understanding of the world that we live in and I feel like this is what it's all about.

[blfoster]

Love yourself so you can love others♥️

[gerrie]

2:31 this is one of three moments that reshaped my world, . everything went askew, . like a blip on a screen, . my world changed.
8:13 not everyone has singular empathy, . some react the same even if it was an animal
hate, intolerance, xenophobia, racism, it's all taught, . we are not BORN racist.