A fundamental social tendency for people and civilizations to distinguish themselves from one another.
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diversity and differentiation
A fundamental social tendency for people and civilizations to distinguish themselves from one another.
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"...third idea I want to introduce is the idea of diversity and differentiation. And the idea here is, we humans have some fundamental natures..."
"...strive to be different from each other. They strive for diversity and differentiation. We cannot make generalizations about societies. The only thing that we..."
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