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How to Human

Lura Forcum

If you’re looking for a way to understand America without giving up on it… If you want to feel more human in a time when everything feels polarized… If you believe relationships — not rage — are what hold a country together… Welcome!

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How to Human: Tribalism is an Iceberg

We are getting tribalism wrong. We think it’s something within our conscious control. That we decide to go to war with the other side because they’re bad. That’s not how it works.

Like an iceberg, only the smallest part of tribalism is vis...

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How to Human: A Year of Eating with People I Don't Know

One year ago today, I wrote about my plans to feed people I don’t know in my home in an essay called A Potluck Experiment. It really has been an experiment, because I wasn’t sure what would happen, but I expected to learn something new.

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How to Human: Tribalism Is Illiberalism

The horseshoe theory of political ideology has gained prevalence in the past few years.

If you aren’t familiar, it proposes that the political extremes are not as far apart as they seem. Instead of sitting at opposite ends of a line, they...

2 months ago
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How to Human: You're Probably Working for a Political Tribe

If you woke up in medieval Europe, could you survive? Do you know how to sew clothing, grow crops, or tend animals? Probably not.

You are prepared in at least one regard: you know how to live as a part of a small, homogeneous in-group.

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How to Human: This is Your Brain on AI

Imagine you are talking to a therapist in a counseling session. What do you need to tell them about yourself so that they can help you?

Now think about talking to a programmer at work. How do you frame your request so that they deliver wha...

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    Out here trying to humanize politics and three children, with mixed results. Social / consumer psychologist and former professor. Heavy on humility and cake. Lightly chaotic.

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