Tight Countries, Loose Countries
On The Gist, National Review has one good take on the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation story … and a lot of bad ones. In the interview, we're used to thinking of societies along the "liberal/conservative" spectrum, but cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand has her own axis to consider: tight versus loose. They aren't quite the same: Abu Dhabi, for instance, may be conservative, but its role as the crossroads of the Middle East lends it looser norms. In Scandinavia, we've got the opposite. Gelfand's book is Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World. In the Spiel, you wrote in, and Mike read up: It's time for the Lobstar of the Antentwig. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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On The Gist, National Review has one good take on the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation story … and a lot of bad ones.
In the interview, we're used to thinking of societies along the "liberal/conservative" spectrum, but cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand has her own axis to consider: tight versus loose. They aren't quite the same: Abu Dhabi, for instance, may be conservative, but its role as the crossroads of the Middle East lends it looser norms. In Scandinavia, we've got the opposite. Gelfand's book is Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World.
In the Spiel, you wrote in, and Mike read up: It's time for the Lobstar of the Antentwig.
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