Traditional against modern. Nationalist against globalist. Our increasing tendency to identify with an in-group based on shared opinions, values and world-views comes with a critical corollary, a spiralling dislike for an out-group.
Our 21st Century world is suffering from a new strain of an old threat; political polarization
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Alex Chesterfield on The Human Risk podcast
Alex Chesterfield appeared on The Human Risk podcast with Christian Hunt to talk polarisation alongside what she has learnt from her day job as a behavioural scientist working in the financial services industry.
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