Shane O'Mara

civilisations diverging
an evolutionary biological lens on the evolving global order

www.brainpizza.com/p/civilisati...

Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

Stay Classy www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Cognitive Republic Catch Up This is just a brief note to say thank you to all the recent subscribers to this Cognitive Republic newsletter (click for details). Here are recent pieces - a mixture of…

Cognitive Republic Catch Up
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#psyskyence #democracy #cognitive

Cognitive Republic Catch Up This is just a brief note to say thank you to all the recent subscribers to this Cognitive Republic newsletter (click for details). Here are recent pieces - a mixture of…

Cognitive Republic Catch Up
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#psyskyence #democracy #cognitive

Creative Brain Week starts today! Don't miss out on some fascinating talks and workshops, click here for events:

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Why pointing out hypocrisy doesn't change minds in identity politics.

Inspired by this post, written by @shanewriter.bsky.social, a neuroscience professor at Trinity College Dublin ↓

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Picture of a social/supportive housing project in the Yaletown community in downtown Vancouver. Text says “if we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness.” Logo of the urban truth collective in the corner.

If we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness. #UrbanTruth

@thomaszimmer.bsky.social might be of interest

MAGA is an ‘identity-centred’ political form - take it seriously MAGA is usefully analysed less as a coherent ideology and more as an identity-centred political form. We should take MAGA very seriously indeed. You might wonder why. It…

MAGA is an ‘identity-centred’ political form - take it seriously
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#maga #trumpism #identity #wef #munich #personalist #politics #cognitiverepublic #ingroup #outgroup

@thomaszimmer.bsky.social might be of interest

MAGA is an ‘identity-centred’ political form - take it seriously MAGA is usefully analysed less as a coherent ideology and more as an identity-centred political form. We should take MAGA very seriously indeed. You might wonder why. It…

MAGA is an ‘identity-centred’ political form - take it seriously
Latest post is up:
steady.page/en/cognitive...

#maga #trumpism #identity #wef #munich #personalist #politics #cognitiverepublic #ingroup #outgroup

welcome to the brexit

Barriers? Pah!
Join the SM/CU et voila! They're gone.
Join the EU & the rest disappear!
Plus you get all the benefits of membership!
It's easy!
(sorry forgot how poisonous UK discourse is around joining a sui generis international organisation that shares sovereignty for mutual benefit)

David Bowie - Where Are We Now? (Official Video) [HD] YouTube video by David Bowie

ah yes, the question we wake up to everyday now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWts...

Changes in political attitudes are associated with changes in neural responses to political content - Communications Psychology This study tracked neural responses to political content over two and a half years using fMRI. Changes in political identity influenced neural plasticity, with significant shifts in the amygdala, hipp...

This study tracked neural responses to political content over 2.5 years using fMRI. Changes in political identity influenced neural plasticity, with significant shifts in the amygdala, hippocampus, caudate, & reward systems, reflecting evolving political affiliations.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Links between social media use and mental wellness in youth are an artifact of other factors: implications for public policy and meta-analysis - Current Psychology Current Psychology - Recent years have seen considerable debate over the effects of social media on youth mental wellness. Thus far, evidence has been mixed. Some bivariate correlations show small...

Social media use and wellness. Not what you might think...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

V interesting interview with Helga Nowotny on the future of European science
Helga Nowotny, sociologist: "We need a European Union of Capital" to exist scientifically share.google/7c33qW6N3ORA...

Glad I haven't verified 🫣
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Well, that was good 42 - 21
#thatwasgood #result #sixnations #irevseng #Ireland #England

Well, that was good 42 - 21
#thatwasgood #result #sixnations #irevseng #Ireland #England

14 - 42
#sixnations #whoops #annihilation

OMG! What was that
#sixnations

Dare I hope
#sixnations

Whoops 🤭 🏉

Why is happening
#sixnations #ireveng

I'm surprised tbh 22-0

Well

what could go wrong

Three American Speeches at Munich, and Plenty of Confusion

1/Just back from Munich Security Conference. A few takeaways:
1.Old transatlantic alliance based on taken for granted trust is over (one official described it as a funeral).
2.US might talk nice but still is on a collision course w/Europe. 3.US firms stand to lose.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/w...

That was rough, glad 🇮🇪 <just about> won, but 🇮🇹 handed out some strong medicine
Well done Italy!
💊 💪 😅
#sixnations