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"The narcissism of the slight difference"

Humans are, by and large, about 93% similar on goals and values. But that other 7% that we disagree on tends to drive all modern convo. Now what?

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Ted Bauer
Sep 21, 2020
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I think I had heard of this Freudian term before, but I just saw it mentioned again in a Mark Manson newsletter.

To frame this up, there's a study referenced that aims to find the similarities between people, which is very different than how America and the world feel these days, when everything is about difference. The study was large (86,000+ people) a…

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