Life's Better Ideas

Occasional links to, and comments on, ideas that I think will make this a better world, and remarks about things that need fixing, too.

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Location: Denver, Colorado, United States

Friday, July 15, 2022

WEIRD People

I'm reading a book called "The WEIRDest People in the World". WEIRD means Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic.

The first big Idea I've recognized is that "Policy prescriptions and formal institutions need to fit the cultural psychology of the population in question."