Spasms of Lucidity (in #memes and more)

Huge thanks to Professor Yanis Varoufakis. Read his books, visit his website, listen to his talks, etc. #Priceless  

Human history in a (tiny) nutshell Our group identity is built through conflict. We don't like those people so let's fight them. Give us somebody to fight and we'll come together as a community and then, we'll be happy. Anthropological records show this is the point of stoning people to death, that when you get to stone somebody to death as a community. it makes everyone happy and builds a sense of communal identity. It brings joy to the community because now we know we're good. Source: Wes Cecil, PhD. Divide and rule Clarifications by Wes Cecil about what about the misunderstanding at 28:52 "the Archaea anthropological records" Thank you for the interest in my work. The moments you are referring to I should have said "Anthropological" or "Sociological" not Archaeological. Archaeological records would of course be useless for this sort of claim. The research you can look at is anything related to public executions - stoning is ju