Friday, July 3, 2009

culture blurb...To become an extremist, hang around with people you agree with

from Spectator.uk.co:

Cass Sunstein — co-author of the hugely influential Nudge and an adviser to President Obama — unveils his new theory of ‘group polarisation’, and explains why, when like-minded people spend time with each other, their views become not only more confident but more extreme.