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Living through a pandemic has been much more surreal than I think most of us could have imagined. One particularly surreal part of it all, is that this single topic has overwhelmingly commanded the attention of the vast majority of people all across the world, for weeks. We're all thinking about the same problem. I wonder what kind of long-term effects we might see, especially politically. The immediate ramifications on politics are quite clear. Economic stimulus measures, governor-ordered lockdowns. Many people speculate the impact on the upcoming presidential election, mostly in terms of judging the president's performance on the issue, or what kind of relevant policy platform differences may emerge from either major political party. But long-term effects are harder to pin down. Here's one way things might change substantially. Jordan Peterson has popularized some of the work Jonathan Haidt has done around the psychology of disgust and attendant behavioral systems...

What makes someone conservative or progressive? And actually, are those really the only two choices?  I’d like to talk about politics today. But not about the politics of the day -- there’s no value in such fleeting things. Instead I’d like to talk about the roots of politics. What makes someone conservative or progressive.  And I’d like to talk about why sometimes we talk about politics as though those are the only two choices. They aren’t, but there are reasons why things often get distilled down to simplifications like that.  And I’d like to know if YOU are conservative or progressive. Or if maybe you just think you are. I’m going to give you a quick quiz, and the answers might surprise you.  Moral Foundations So let me first tell you about the psychological science behind this quiz. I’m pulling this info from the work of a group of academics, most famously Jonathan Haidt from NYU, but let me also give all the due credit, to Ravi Iyer, Sean Wojcik, ...