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This page contains all of the posts and discussion on MemeStreams referencing the following web page: Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide. You can find discussions on MemeStreams as you surf the web, even if you aren't a MemeStreams member, using the Threads Bookmarklet.

Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide
by possibly noteworthy at 7:51 am EDT, May 11, 2009

Cass Sunstein has a new book.

Why do people become extremists? What makes people become so dismissive of opposing views? Why is political and cultural polarization so pervasive in America? Why do groups of teenagers, investors, and corporations take unnecessary risks? What leads groups to engage in such destructive acts as terrorism and ethic cleansing?

In Going to Extremes, renowned legal scholar and best-selling author Cass Sunstein offers startling insights into why and when people gravitate toward extremism.

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I wonder, when was the last time a talk show changed a mind?


 
 
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