In Singapore, you can face a heavy fine or even jail for offenses like spitting on the sidewalk or importing chewing gum. Meanwhile in New Zealand, a man who hatched himself from a giant egg was appointed the country’s “official wizard.” These are examples of tight and loose cultures. Tightness and looseness explain a lot about what we think is right and wrong when there’s more … [Read more...] about Michele Gelfand: What Tight & Loose Cultures Teach Us About the World & Ourselves
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To Go Forward, We Must Look Back: Colleen Murphy on Transitional Justice
If we keep talking about race, doesn’t that just keep racism alive? Now that we have a new president, why keep talking about the last one? Shouldn’t we move forward, and just put the past behind us? Spencer's guest this time says we can’t move forward unless we can look back as well, at truths that won’t go away until we face them. Colleen Murphy is an expert on what’s … [Read more...] about To Go Forward, We Must Look Back: Colleen Murphy on Transitional Justice