Defence of tribalism came from some unexpected quarters. Here’s a response.

Originally shared by Jennifer Ouellette

When Did Tribalism Get To Be So Fashionable? “I won’t argue here for the virtues of going beyond tribalism—see, if you’re interested, the last 5,000 years of state formation. But perhaps scientists, scholars, and the general intellectual public have failed to make these arguments clear. Our cosmopolitan, pluralistic societies today are under enormous strain. But they’re also too large, and too successful, to survive a transition back.” http://nautil.us/blog/when-did-tribalism-get-to-be-so-fashionable