[ExI] Cosmopolitanism, collective epistemology and other issues

[Anders]

Here is an interesting article by Jonathan Haidt synthesizing sociology, 
moral psychology and other approaches into an interesting picture of why 
we are currently seeing a big rise in "raise the drawbridge" 
conservatism/authoritarianism:

http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/07/10/when-and-why-nationalism-beats-globalism/

In the US the gay marriage and trans bathroom brouhaha also fits this 
model. Basically, it is about a reaction to a normative threat.

The essay has some interesting suggestions for tagging down the debate, 
basically calling for a reframing of multiculturalism.

-- 
Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University