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Also, re: your discussion about religion and institutions with Ryan Burge, the same concepts apply to authoritarians and uprisings. See Gene Sharp or ask @anneapplebaum.bsky.social or @chenoweth.bsky.social (or read my book:-)

@dkthomp.bsky.social You were a lbit off on Damasio. Strictly speaking, he found that people who lost their ability to emote did not lose their ability to reason-they could reason perfectly well-but lost their ability to make decisions because they couldn’t weigh outcomes (w/o emotions didn’t care)

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