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When my daughter was growing up, she often wanted to rush off to do fun things with her friends — get into the water at the beach, ride off on her bike — without taking the proper safety precautions first. I’d have to stop her in her tracks to first put on the sunscreen, or her bike helmet and knee pads, with her standing there impatiently. “Safety first, fun second,” was my mantra.
Keeping ourselves and our loved ones safe from harm is perhaps our strongest human motivation, deeply embedded in our very DNA. It is so deep and important that it influences much of what we think and do, maybe more than we might expect. For example, over a decade now of research in political psychology consistently shows that how physically threatened or fearful a person feels is a key factor — although clearly not the only one — in whether he or she holds conservative or liberal attitudes.
Conservatives, it […]
These are some of my favorite research articles. Will be sharing.
Also, really enjoyed your new novel.
Will try and contribute towards the 10 percent goal.
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This article also illustrates the need to teach meditation in our schools to make people less stressful and more content from the beginning of their lives.
Nice point Rev. Dean. I look forward to seeing a meditation developed that completely cures people of the polar mental disease known as liberal and conservative.