🏞️ Sign up to Camp for exclusive updates: https://camp.beehiiv.com/ Jay Van Bavel is a neuroscientist and psychology professor at NYU! He popped into the tent to discuss how neuroscience affects social networks and how group identities shape our perceptions and actions. If you're sick and tired of politics, this episode is worth the listen. Welcome to camp. 🏕️ Edited and Produced by @99OvrAll S/O to our sponsors Morgan & Morgan, Bespoke, Marek Health & Bluechew!! Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring this video! New subscribers get 15% off of their first monthly shipment! Go to https://bespokepost.com/campgagnon and enter code [CAMPGAGNON] at checkout. MAREK 🥼 - Get a 10% discount on the Optimization Panel I use myself. To get the exact same panel and medical oversight CLICK https://marekhealth.com/gagnon and use Gagnon for 10% off ---TIME STAMPS--- 00:00 Intro 01:21 Not beefing that hard, we’re signalling more + Canadian system 6:05 Two party system flaws + US elections are global 7:51 Losing our religion, filling the void + Super identities 14:36 How our biases impact decisions 25:58 What can we do? We need institutions 32:29 Sidestepping discrimination + DEI’s impact 46:57 Could we fix our politics? vote locally 56:01 Reducing intra-animosity - contact theory 1:02:49 Lobby influence, gerrymandering & purity tests 1:13:13 How to curtail lobby influence + incentivising drama 1:20:03 Freedom from worry, Political commentary from your boss? + Splintering 1:37:40 Can’t compromise on everything + not feeling optimistic 1:44:22 Making it fairer, mitigate your own biases + resisting groupthink 2:01:43 Other way to mitigate + “I statements” 2:09:00 We’re bad at reading minds + just ask 2:10:48 Type of research Jay is running 2:14:21 Unethical hypothetical studies, Bias blindspot + what Mark will implement?