How WEIRD Are You?
8 March 2020
Think of three statements that begin with the words: “I am …” Remember your answers – we’ll come back to them in a moment. “The Righteous Mind” by Jonathan Haidt introduced me to the concept of WEIRDness, where WEIRD is an acronym of Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic. If you’re reading this, chances are you’re pretty WEIRD. In Haidt’s book, he shows that WEIRD people are in fact, well – weird. They are different
