From politics to every day life, humans have a tendency to form social groups that are defined, in part, by how they differ from other groups. So, in this Big Think video, neuro-endocrinologist Robert Sapolsky, author Dan Shapiro, professor of law Amy Chua, and others explore the ways that tribalism functions in society, and discuss how – as social creatures – humans have evolved for bias.

The video also offers the idea that bias is not inherently bad. The key to seeing things differently, according to neuroscience professor Beau Lotto, is to “embody the fact” that everything is grounded in assumptions, to identify those assumptions and then to question them.

View the original video here.

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