Study reveals how humanity could unite to address global challenges
Study reveals how humanity could unite to address global challenges
New research led by the University of Oxford has found that perceptions of globally shared life experiences and globally shared biology can strengthen psychological bonding with humanity at large, which can motivate prosocial action on a global scale and help to tackle global problems. The findings ...
Daydreaming, wishful thinking, and chasing wild geese all at once.
They barely even mentioned religion. As long as people keep believing in invisible entities, people will never be able to cooperate on such a global scale.
Your comment is a good example of the us vs. them mindset they are talking about in the article.
First author Lukas Reinhardt (Leader of the Global Cohesion Lab at the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion [CSSC], University of Oxford) said, "Us-vs-them thinking is on the rise in many places all over the world, exacerbating conflicts and complicating finding solutions for pressing global problems."