Less Punching In the Face, More Jazz Trios
What Can Small, Cooperative Groups Teach Nations About Getting Along?
That large multicultural, multiethnic societies get along imperfectly isn’t news. But some societies get along much better than others. And certain groups unite in common purpose far more effectively than most. What are their secrets, and what can they teach the rest of us? In advance of the Zócalo event “Can Diverse Societies Cohere?,” we asked a variety of public figures to reflect on some small-scale examples of human cooperation. Maybe we can go about bridging our most dangerous social divisions from the bottom up.
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