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Dividing into teams doesn't necessarily mean denigrating others. Studies of groupishness have generally found that groups increase in-group love far more than they increase out-group hostility.

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Jonathan Haidt
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 19
Psychologist
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New York City
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Jonathan David Haidt
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