Who Do You Trust? Beware of Your Brain
summary
Humans are hardwired to make instant trust judgments that form quick us vs them groups and produce predictable bias. Classic field experiments show how 22 twelve‑year‑old boys in Robbers Cave: 22 twelve‑year‑old boys escalate to violence after competitive contests, resist mere socializing, but reconcile when given real, shared problems like water‑pipe repair and truck rescue that require cooperation. Agile practices (pairing, daily standups, timeboxed commitments, retrospectives) act as engineered shared goals; animal and wartime examples show cooperative norms can be learned and propagated.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:15Museum of Tolerance
- 3:08Robbers' Cave Experiment
- 6:54The next phase
- 12:13We quickly categorize others
- 14:00From the evolutionary psychologists
- 15:41It keeps us busy
- 20:10Framing the stereotype
- 21:03Stereotypes are prophetic
- 26:38Follow-up experiments
- 31:09Cooperation on shared goals
- 31:51How agile practices help
- 32:44What collaboration is not
- 34:46Measurable impact
- 35:36Closing, encouraging story
- 38:50The Movie Joyeux Noel - Christmas 1914
- 39:42Other primates?
- 43:30Braver Angels
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