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14 Dec 2016 Conversations with Tyler Joseph Henrich on WEIRD Societies and Life Among Two Strange Tribes (Live at Mason)
“I do think sport is potentially a great cultural technology for bringing people together because they all get together to watch the event.”
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- Joseph Henrich
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- 14 Dec 2016
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…When Tyler asked you whether the US or Canada was WEIRDer, I was surprised that you didn’t mention the American obsession with American football and baseball. I’m curious. In any of your books, have you explored how sport affects culture and culture affects sport? Have you read the book How Soccer Explains the World? No, I haven’t read How Soccer Explains the World. I do think sport is potentially a great cultural technology for bringing people together because they all get together to watch the event. You have high emotions. I think it can be a neat cultural technology. I haven’t gotten into it beyond that, but it seems like a good candidate. That’s one of those things where I’d say maybe there’s more to it than just a happy pastime. It might have some deeper social function. Sport as religion.…
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