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As it turns out, other research suggests that, in most contexts, being disagreeable does not help you to get ahead—and may even be a serious disadvantage.

Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. From race to gender to profession, there are many ways we define who we are. But at what point does focusing on our differences hurt more than it helps? Political scientist Yascha Mounk weighs in. Then, why art museums are losing their marbles.

Yascha Mounk, author of “The Identity Trap,” said he’s a “democracy crisis hipster,” meaning he “worried about the crisis of democracy before it was cool.”   “I’ve been concerned for about the last 10 years about the rise of severe political movements, not only, but predominantly, on the political right,” Mounk said.  A book talk sponsored...

Bob Kustra gives his recommendations for book gifts this holiday season. | Opinion

Identity Trap - IDENTITY TRAP Look at us. Look at mankind. Look at the whole of our human society, past and present. What do we see? We see a sometimes brilliant, yet too often volatile, multifaceted species failing...