The book is a hefty, dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics and more. That’s clear in the book itself, which makes unmistakable allusions to the Yale ugliness. “I have seen the effects of overidentifying with one’s group and witnessed mass delusions up close,” he writes. Christakis urges a wide angle and the long view. “The way to repair our torn social fabric is to say: Wait a minute, that’s not quite right.”

Source: New York Times March 19, 2019 22:52 UTC