David Berreby

Author, Us and Them: The Science of Identity

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February 5, 2012
David wrote Obese? Smoker? No Retirement Savings? Perhaps It's Because of the Language You Speak in Mind Matters
Why can't the Greeks be more like the Germans? Could it be because they speak Greek? There's no doubt some nations save more money than others, and plan better for retirement, and watch their coll... Read More 
February 3, 2012
David wrote A Non-Stupid Case for Economic Nationalism in Mind Matters
Orthodox globalization declares that any hindrance to rational market efficiency is a Bad Thing. So there's no sensible counter to that unnamed Apple executive in the New York Times' series on out... Read More 
January 30, 2012
David wrote When Consumers Forget They're Also Workers, Everyone Suffers in Mind Matters
The ideal American store, Adam Gopnik once suggested, would have no employees. Consumers' desires would be met flawlessly by unerring, tireless machines. On the other hand, the ideal French store ... Read More 
January 15, 2012
David wrote The Powerful Bond of Being Ex-Enemies in Mind Matters
Twenty years from now, could veterans of Afghanistan be trading war stories over friendly dinners with ex-Taliban fighters? It sound inconceivable, but then, it always is—when the war is still on.... Read More 
January 12, 2012
David wrote Study: If You Like a Food's Politics, You'll Find It More Nutritious in Mind Matters
Anything "organic" or "low-fat" must be good for you, right? Ask people how fattening those organic chocolate-covered peanuts are, and they'll guess a lower number than they did for the non-organi... Read More 

About David Berreby

David Berreby

David Berreby is the author of "Us and Them: The Science of Identity." He has written about human behavior and other science topics for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Slate, Smithsonian, The New Republic, Nature, Discover, Vogue and many other publications. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Paris, a Science Writing Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory, a resident at Yaddo, and in 2006 was awarded the Erving Goffman Award for Outstanding Scholarship for the first edition of "Us and Them." David can be found on Twitter at @davidberreby and reached by email at david [at] davidberreby [dot] com.

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