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Tremendous Trifles: Essays
by G. K. ChestertonAn entertaining collection drawn from G. K. Chesterton's early years as a newspaper columnist This compilation of "fleeting sketches," written by G. K. Chesterton while he was a columnist for the Daily News, contains the humor, foresight, and intellectual curiosity that quickly made the young writer a household name throughout London. A tribute to the playfulness of Chesterton's spirit, Tremendous Trifles contains such gems as "An Accident," in which the author crashes an omnibus into a hansom cab, and "The Advantages of Having One Leg," a charmingly thorough investigation of optimism and pessimism. Fans of Chesterton's most famous works--from the Father Brown Stories to Heretics and Orthodoxy--will delight in the cleverness and invigorating wit of Tremendous Trifles. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Trend Homesteading: Selbstversorgung im 21. Jahrhundert – Hintergründe, Motive, Nutzen (essentials)
by Antonia Bauer Sarah Höglinger Katrin ZechmeisterHomesteading ist ein Trend aus den Vereinigten Staaten, bei dem die Selbstversorgung mit Nahrungsmitteln im Vordergrund steht. Für die Erhaltung der Gesundheit sind Lebensmittel ein wesentlicher Einflussfaktor, wobei deren Qualität eine wichtige Rolle spielt. Darüber hinaus zeigt sich, dass die Wertschätzung gegenüber Lebensmitteln in den letzten Jahren gesunken ist. Dieser Verlust der Wertschätzung führte allerdings zu einer Trendwende im Konsumverhalten in Bezug auf Herkunft, Anbauarten und Saisonalität. Dieses Buch zeigt, dass die COVID-19-Pandemie mit ein Beweggrund war, der viele Menschen zum Umdenken angeregt und die Motivation hervorgerufen hat, Lebensmittel verstärkt selbst anzubauen, zu konservieren und zu verarbeiten.
Trend-Driven Innovation
by Alexander Osterwalder Henry Mason David Mattin Delia Dumitrescu Maxwell LuthyTrend-Driven InnovationBeat accelerating customer expectations.Every business leader, entrepreneur, innovator, and marketer wants to know where customers are headed. The problem? The received wisdom on how to find out is wrong.In this startling new book, the team at TrendWatching share a powerful, counter-intuitive truth: to discover what people want next, stop looking at customers and start looking at businesses. That means learning how to draw powerful insights from the way leading brands and disruptive startups--from Apple to Uber, Chipotle to Patagonia--redefine customer expectations.Sharing the secrets that have led thousands of the world's most successful brands and agencies to rely on TrendWatching for over a decade, Trend-Driven Innovation is the book that will reconfigure your view of the business world forever. You'll learn: How to spot emerging trends using three crucial building blocks, and how to recognize the expectation gaps that herald opportunity. Why most professionals focus on precisely the wrong trends and innovations, and how to avoid this. How to turn trends and insights into innovations that customers will love. Amid the endless change that defines today's business environment, opportunity is everywhere. Highly practical, and featuring real-world examples from around the world, Trend-Driven Innovation is the actionable, battle-tested manual that will enable you harness those opportunities time after time. Setting you up to build an organization that matters, products customers lust after, and campaigns people can't stop talking about.
Trendanalysen zur Weiterbildungsbeteiligung: Die selbstinitiierte Teilnahme an beruflicher Weiterbildung in Ost- und Westdeutschland 1991 bis 2018 (Theorie und Empirie Lebenslangen Lernens)
by Anika RosenkranzIn diesem Open-Access-Buch wird untersucht, welche Muster bzw. Veränderungen der selbstinitiierten Teilnahme an beruflicher Weiterbildung sich im Trend identifizieren lassen. Bisherige Analysen, die die Teilnahme Beschäftigter an beruflicher Weiterbildung differenziert nach Ost- und Westdeutschland im Trend betrachtet haben, verweisen auf regionalspezifische Muster. Diese Unterschiede werden punktuell vor dem Hintergrund ost-west-spezifischer Arbeitsmarktkontexte verortet, oft jedoch findet keine Kontextualisierung statt. Inwieweit ost-west-spezifische Entwicklungen der Berufs- und Arbeitsmarktstrukturen Einfluss auf motivationale Aspekte der Teilnahmeentscheidung Beschäftigter nehmen, stand bisher nicht im Fokus. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht daher die Teilnahmeselektivität Beschäftigter an selbstinitiierter beruflicher Weiterbildung vor dem Hintergrund ost-west-spezifischer Entwicklungen der Berufs- und Arbeitsmarktstrukturen. Angesichts sich verändernder Kontexte lassen sich veränderte Muster der Teilnahme im Zeitverlauf beobachten. Die Befunde verweisen zudem auf regionale Strukturdifferenzen, die Einfluss auf die selbstinitiierte Teilnahme an beruflicher Weiterbildung nehmen. Insgesamt zeigt sich eine für ostdeutsche Beschäftigte verringerte Teilnahmequote im Vergleich zu westdeutschen Beschäftigten.
Trends and Applications in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: PAKDD 2020 Workshops, DSFN, GII, BDM, LDRC and LBD, Singapore, May 11–14, 2020, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12237)
by Wei Lu Kenny Q. ZhuThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the workshops that were held in conjunction with the 24th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2020, in Singapore, Singapore, in May 2020. The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 50 submissions. The five workshops were as follows: · First International Workshop on Literature-Based Discovery (LBD 2020) · Workshop on Data Science for Fake News (DSFN 2020)· Learning Data Representation for Clustering (LDRC 2020)· Ninth Workshop on Biologically Inspired Techniques for Data Mining (BDM· 2020)· First Pacific Asia Workshop on Game Intelligence & Informatics (GII 2020)
Trends and Applications in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: PAKDD 2021 Workshops, WSPA, MLMEIN, SDPRA, DARAI, and AI4EPT, Delhi, India, May 11, 2021 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12705)
by Manish Gupta Ganesh RamakrishnanThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of five workshops that were held in conjunction with the 25th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2021, in Delhi, India, in May 2021. The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 39 submissions.. The five workshops were as follows: Workshop on Smart and Precise Agriculture (WSPA 2021) PAKDD 2021 Workshop on Machine Learning for Measurement Informatics (MLMEIN 2021) The First Workshop and Shared Task on Scope Detection of the Peer Review Articles (SDPRA 2021) The First International Workshop on Data Assessment and Readiness for AI (DARAI 2021) The First International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Enterprise Process Transformation (AI4EPT 2021)
Trends and Determinants of Healthy Aging in China
by Yi Zeng Xiaoyan Lei Jiehua Lu Xiaoming ShiThis book studies healthy aging in China based on analyses of the datasets of eight waves of longitudinal survey in 1998-2018 with worldwide largest sample of oldest-old. It consists of four parts. The first part reports the 6th, 7th, and 8th surveys of “Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey” (CLHLS), with the largest sample of oldest-old aged 80+ in the world and comparable sample of young-old aged 65–79, trends and characteristics of physical health and mental health of older adults in China based on analyses of the CLHLS datasets. The second part focuses on analyses and discussions of the influencing factors of healthy aging from perspectives of families, socioeconomics and community environments. The third part reports studies on the gender and age differences in main chronic diseases’ prevalence rates, inflammation, anti-oxidation, trace elements, effects of the nutritional dietary structure and the environmental selenium on health among the older adults. The fourth part focuses on the analyses and discussions of policy recommendations to face the serious challenges of the population aging in China and the database of the eight waves of CLHLS from 1998 to 2018, which are available free of charge to scholars, practitioners and general public for scientific research and socioeconomic planning. This book is easy to read and to understand by researchers and the general public, and no special professional background is required.
Trends and Factors in Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance System
by Pedro Olivares-Tirado Nanako TamiyaAgeing population poses a set of complex policy and dilemmas for social security systems, intensifying the concerns about rising expenditures in health care and long-term care for elderly. In this context, ageing societies has many valuable lessons to learn by studying Japan's experience dealing with its hyper-aged society and particularly from its strategies to ensure the financial sustainability of the Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) system. Based on an exhaustive literature review, and the results from six original researches on long-term care expenditures in Japan (LTCE) conducted during a doctoral program, the book provides a comprehensive view in analyzing trends and factors associated with increasing expenditures in the Long-Term Care Insurance system in Japan. The book address relevant topics such as; the main socio-demographic changes experienced by the Japanese society during the last three decades, predictors of the LTCE, measuring efficiency in nursing homes, the impact of the LTCI 2005-reform to contain expenditures, cost-effectiveness of the in-home and community based services and institutional LTCE in the last year of life. The book end with a discussion on futures challenges and strategies oriented to contribute with the sustainability of LTCI system in Japan.
Trends and Prospects in Metacognition Research across the Life Span: A Tribute to Anastasia Efklides
by Despina Moraitou Panayiota MetallidouThis volume brings together trends and their prospects to understand the complexity of metacognitive phenomena, with emphasis on the interactions of metacognition with affect. It discusses the three perspectives in understanding these interactions: the possible mechanisms underlying them, the manifestation of interactions of metacognition with affect in self- and co-regulation in social and educational contexts, and changes during development in young children and older adults. This volume is a tribute to Professor Emerita Anastasia Efklides, who was among the pioneers to investigate and argue the importance of the interactions between metacognition and affect. It serves as a dedication to her contribution in the widening of the scope of research in metacognition and self-regulated learning.
Trends in Ambient Intelligent Systems
by Ajith Abraham Mohammad Ayoub Khan Kiran Kumar RavulakolluThis book demonstratesthe success of Ambient Intelligence in providing possible solutions for the dailyneeds of humans. The book addresses implications of ambient intelligence in areasof domestic living, elderly care, robotics, communication, philosophy andothers. The objective of this editedvolume is to show that Ambient Intelligence is a boon to humanity withconceptual, philosophical, methodical and applicative understanding. The book also aims to schematicallydemonstrate developments in the direction of augmented sensors, embeddedsystems and behavioral intelligence towards Ambient Intelligent Networks orSmart Living Technology. It contains chapters in the field of AmbientIntelligent Networks, which received highly positive feedback during the reviewprocess. The book contains research work, with in-depth state of the art fromaugmented sensors, embedded technology and artificial intelligence along withcutting-edge research and development of technologies and applications of AmbientIntelligent Networks. This book is intended to introduce ideas, methods,technologies of the future development of humanity, Science and Technology.
Trends in Control and Decision-Making for Human–Robot Collaboration Systems
by Yue Wang Fumin ZhangThis book provides an overview of recent research developments in the automation and control of robotic systems that collaborate with humans. A measure of human collaboration being necessary for the optimal operation of any robotic system, the contributors exploit a broad selection of such systems to demonstrate the importance of the subject, particularly where the environment is prone to uncertainty or complexity. They show how such human strengths as high-level decision-making, flexibility, and dexterity can be combined with robotic precision, and ability to perform task repetitively or in a dangerous environment. The book focuses on quantitative methods and control design for guaranteed robot performance and balanced human experience from both physical human-robot interaction and social human-robot interaction. Its contributions develop and expand upon material presented at various international conferences. They are organized into three parts covering: one-human-one-robot collaboration; one-human-multiple-robot collaboration; and human-swarm collaboration. Individual topic areas include resource optimization (human and robotic), safety in collaboration, human trust in robot and decision-making when collaborating with robots, abstraction of swarm systems to make them suitable for human control, modeling and control of internal force interactions for collaborative manipulation, and the sharing of control between human and automated systems, etc. Control and decision-making algorithms feature prominently in the text, importantly within the context of human factors and the constraints they impose. Applications such as assistive technology, driverless vehicles, cooperative mobile robots, manufacturing robots and swarm robots are considered. Illustrative figures and tables are provided throughout the book. Researchers and students working in controls, and the interaction of humans and robots will learn new methods for human-robot collaboration from this book and will find the cutting edge of the subject described in depth.
Trends in Latin American Psychology: Research Published in Universitas Psychologica
by Wilson López-López Hernán Camilo Pulido-Martínez Irene Giovanni-AguilarThis book brings together English versions of a selection of articles originally published in Spanish in Universitas Psychologica, one of the most important psychology journals in Latin America. It&’s an anthology of theoretical and research papers published by important Latin American psychologists that aim to provide the international community with a representative sample of research trends in Latin American psychology in different subfields. This anthology is organized in three parts, each one containing a selection of articles from different subfields of psychological research and practice. The first part brings together papers in the fields of social and community psychology, two areas in which Latin American psychologists have developed quite original contributions to research and practice. The second part is dedicated to articles showcasing research conducted with Latin American children and youth in the fields of educational, cognitive and developmental psychology. Finally, the third part highlights articles that present contributions of research in fields such as neuropsychology, clinical and health psychology to the improvement of mental and physical health care of the Latin American population. Each part starts with an introduction especially written by the volume editors for this anthology. Trends in Latin American Psychology: Research Published in Universitas Psychologica will be of interest to researchers in many subfields of psychology, especially to those interested in international and cross-cultural psychology, as the book offers a significative sample of the best research done by Latin American psychologists. The translation of the original articles in Spanish into English was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
Trends in Mechatronics Systems: Industry 4.0 Perspectives (Emerging Trends in Mechatronics)
by Ajay Kumar Aydin Azizi Parveen KumarThis book consists of twelve chapters covering the design aspects, their feasibility, mathematical modeling by numerical, experimental, computational and simulation approaches. It discusses how different internet technologies integrate mechatronics systems with people, products and complex systems. The methodology and tools included in this book focus on contemporary aspects of integrating Industry 4.0 and mechatronics systems for new means and models to achieve a sustainable green environment. Readers will get an insight into the current development of mechatronics systems in the context of scientific disciplines and present new results of research and development, indicating the trends of development in this interdisciplinary field.
Trends in Sustainable Smart Cities and Territories (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #732)
by Juan Manuel Corchado Rodriguez Gustavo Isaza Luis Fernando Castillo Ossa Óscar Cardona Omar Danilo Castrillón Fernando De la Prieta PintadoThis book presents the latest scientific and technical advances in the fields of Smart Cities and Smart Territories. It shows outcomes of 2nd Sustainable Smart Cities and Territories International Conference in Manizales (Colombia) on June 21–23, 2023. The concept of smart cities, which emerged in the early 2000s, attempts to solve these challenges by implementing information and communication technologies. The initial concept of smart cities focused on the modernization of megacities.
Trends und Determinanten sozialer Probleme in reichen Ländern: Eine Zeitreihenanalyse über drei Dekaden (BestMasters)
by Marcus GerckeIn diesem Open-Access-Buch wird untersucht, warum sich wohlhabende Gesellschaften merklich im Ausmaß sozialer Probleme wie z. B. Kriminalität oder mangelnde Wahlbeteiligung unterscheiden. In einer makrosoziologischen Untersuchung von 40 wohlhabenden Ländern über den Zeitraum 1990 bis 2020 werden neben der im Forschungsfeld dominierenden Spirit-Level-Theorie, welche auf Einkommensungleichheit fokussiert, vier alternative Erklärungsansätze herangezogen: Wohlstand, ethnische Fraktionalisierung, soziales Misstrauen und das gesellschaftliche Werteklima. In den Ergebnissen der Quer- und Längsschnittanalysen zeigt sich kein Beleg für einen zentralen Erklärungsmechanismus. Vielmehr beeinflussen verschiedene Determinanten bestimmte soziale Probleme unterschiedlich stark, wobei sich Unterschiede im Wohlstandsniveau als stärkster Prädiktor herausstellen. Die Studie zeigt somit, dass die Gestaltung einer guten Gesellschaft nicht allein eine Frage der Einkommensverteilung ist.
Trennung und Scheidung bei Familien mit Migrationshintergrund: Junge Migrantenfamilien mit türkischer Herkunft in der Vor- und Nachscheidungsphase
by Meryem BayrakDieses Buch geht den Fragen nach, wie die Familiensituation vor der Eheschließung bis hin zum Eheverlauf und anschließendem Trennungs- und Scheidungsprozess bei türkischen Migrationsfamilien durchlebt wird. Mittels problemzentrierter Interviews wurden 20 Frauen und Männer, die getrennt oder geschieden waren, befragt. In der Untersuchung werden subjektive Deutungen des Trennungs- und Scheidungsprozesses wie auch die Auseinandersetzungen mit den Scheidungsfolgen aufgedeckt. Diese Analyse bezieht erstmalig Männer mit türkischem Migrationshintergrund im Trennungs- und Scheidungsprozess ein.
Trennungsmanagement in Unternehmen: Trennungsprozesse in Führung und Personalwesen fair und transparent gestalten (essentials)
by Karin WurthKarin Wurth wendet sich in diesem essential an F#65533;hrungskr#65533;fte und Personalverantwortliche, die aktiv in Trennungsprozesse in Unternehmen eingebunden sind und den Umgang damit als Teil einer guten Unternehmensf#65533;hrung begreifen. Die Autorin zeigt, dass sich ein wertsch#65533;tzender, transparenter Umgang mit den beteiligten Anspruchsgruppen in Trennungsprozessen lohnt. Ein professioneller Trennungsprozess mit dem eigentlichen Trennungsgespr#65533;ch im Zentrum bildet die praktische Basis aller Ma#65533;nahmen, deren Steuerung als Trennungsmanagement bezeichnet wird. Sie erl#65533;utert, wie die Unternehmenskultur durch faires Verhalten in schwierigen Situationen gest#65533;rkt wird.
Trials of Abu Ghraib: An Expert Witness Account of Shame and Honor
by S. G. Mestrovic'Offers a front row seat at the courts martial of those accused in America's notorious prison abuse scandal.' -Adam Zagorin, senior correspondent, Time Magazine 'A must-read for all those committed to restoring a sense of honor to our country and the Armed Forces of the United States following the national embarrassment of Abu Ghraib. The unlawful directives and policies issued by the senior civilian leaders in the Department of Defense, and their flawed strategy that took our nation to war, set the conditions for abuse that would have disastrous consequences on the war in Iraq and the future of the Middle East. Amazingly, as of this writing, senior leaders have yet to be held accountable. Read this book, become better informed, and energize your elected officials to do the right thing.' -Major General John Batiste, U.S. Army (Retired) S. G. Mestrovic's story of three principal trials-those of convicted soldiers Lynndie England, Javal Davis, and Sabrina Harman-stands among the most poignant trial narratives ever told. During the trials Mestrovic, an expert witness on behalf of the three soldiers, had access to documents and records unavailable to the press and the public. He reveals the evidence, some suppressed from testimony, that the abuse at Abu Ghraib is part of a widespread pattern of abuse, imported from Guantanamo, that made its way to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Triangulating Methodological Approaches in Corpus Linguistic Research (Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics)
by Paul Baker Jesse EgbertContemporary corpus linguists use a wide variety of methods to study discourse patterns. This volume provides a systematic comparison of various methodological approaches in corpus linguistics through a series of parallel empirical studies that use a single corpus dataset to answer the same overarching research question. Ten contributing experts each use a different method to address the same broadly framed research question: In what ways does language use in online Q+A forum responses differ across four world English varieties (India, Philippines, United Kingdom, and United States)? Contributions will be based on analysis of the same 400,000 word corpus from online Q+A forums, and contributors employ methodologies including corpus-based discourse analysis, audience perceptions, Multi-Dimensional analysis, pragmatic analysis, and keyword analysis. In their introductory and concluding chapters, the volume editors compare and contrast the findings from each method and assess the degree to which ‘triangulating’ multiple approaches may provide a more nuanced understanding of a research question, with the aim of identifying a set of complementary approaches which could arguably take into account analytical blind spots. Baker and Egbert also consider the importance of issues such as researcher subjectivity, type of annotation, the limitations and affordances of different corpus tools, the relative strengths of qualitative and quantitative approaches, and the value of considering data or information beyond the corpus. Rather than attempting to find the ‘best’ approach, the focus of the volume is on how different corpus linguistic methodologies may complement one another, and raises suggestions for further methodological studies which use triangulation to enrich corpus-related research.
Tribal Development in Western India
by Amita Shah Jharna PathakTribal communities in western India, as elsewhere in the country, have been facing increasing marginalisation and poverty. This is so despite a relatively better record of social movements and work by civil society organisations among them and their political inclusion. Further, the existing literature on tribals focuses more on their socio-cultural situation and less on their economic and human development. Addressing this gap in scholarship, this volume details the processes of tribal development and associated challenges in Gujarat, often viewed as a high-growth economy. Rich in interdisciplinary, empirical analyses, the book comprehensively addresses three important aspects of tribal development — human development, economic opportunities and governance. It critiques recent policy diagnoses and interventions, rather than evaluate policy-outcomes. The volume traces the genesis of continued marginalisation of tribals in the country, and contributes to the ongoing discourse on integrative tribal development. The work will interest scholars and students of development studies, tribal studies, economics, sociology, social work, as also policy-makers, activists, and governmental and non-governmental organisations in the field.
Tribal Government Today: Politics On Montana Indian Reservations
by James J LopachThere has been surprisingly little writing about the condition of contemporary tribal government. Library shelves are filled with works on other American and foreign governments, but an inquirer must leam about tribal government incidentally and in piecemeal fashion. This state of scholarship is regrettable because of the importance of the modem I
Tribal Reawakening and the Future of State-Building in Kuwait and Qatar (Gulf Studies #20)
by Maryam Al-KuwariThis open access book approaches the history of tribes and their role in the formation of the modern states of Kuwait and Qatar by blending historical, political, and sociological perspectives. Traditionally, this subject has been approached from single perspective, often picturing the tribe as a political and social entity that is opposed to the modern state. In the Gulf context, presenting and discussing the case studies of Kuwait and Qatar aims at revealing that the tribe played a salient role in the formation of the modern state in these two countries as well as in nation building, both before the oil era and even after independence. Moreover, the book bridges an important gap that is often overlooked in GCC studies which explains how the tribe suddenly became a controversial factor in Gulf states and societies. The book elaborates on tracing the roots of this transformation and in evaluating the role played by the state as it attempted to manipulate tribes to achieve political and other advantages, only to trigger the rise of tribalism as a social and at times political force that undermines the legitimacy of the state. The book also highlights the impacts of this transformation, not only on the state, but also on society as a whole, with special emphasis on women in Kuwait and Qatar. It is relevant to scholars and advanced students in areas of political sociology, identify and gender, comparative politics, and for social scientists more broadly with a specific interest in the Middle East.
Tribal Studies in India: Perspectives of History, Archaeology and Culture
by Maguni Charan BeheraThis book provides comprehensive information on enlargement of methodological and empirical choices in a multidisciplinary perspective by breaking down the monopoly of possessing tribal studies in the confinement of conventional disciplinary boundaries. Focusing on anyone of the core themes of history, archaeology or anthropology, the chapters are suggestive of grand theories of tribal interaction over time and space within a frame of composite understanding of human civilization. With distinct cross-disciplinary analytical frames, the chapters maximize reader insights into the emerging trend of perspective shifts in tribal studies, thus mapping multi-dimensional growth of knowledge in the field and providing a road-map of empirical and theoretical understanding of tribal issues in contemporary academics. This book will be useful for researchers and scholars of anthropology, ethnohistory ethnoarchaeology and of allied subjects like sociology, social work, geography who are interested in tribal studies. Finally, the book can also prove useful to policy makers to better understand the historical context of tribal societies for whom new policies are being created and implemented.
Tribal Territory, Sovereignty, and Governance: A Study of the Cheyenne River and Lake Traverse Indian Reservations (Native Americans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives)
by Erin FoubergThe author explores how tribal governments have worked through the constraints of their eroded territory and sovereignty to provide effective leadership and governance.
Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together
by Michael MorrisSHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR A revelatory, paradigm-shifting work from a renowned Columbia professor and &“one of the great social and cultural psychologists&” (Amy Cuddy) that demystifies our tribal instincts and shows us how to use them to create positive change.Tribalism is our most misunderstood buzzword. We&’ve all heard pundits bemoan its rise, and it&’s been blamed for everything from political polarization to workplace discrimination. But as acclaimed cultural psychologist and Columbia professor Michael Morris argues, our tribal instincts are humanity&’s secret weapon. Ours is the only species that lives in tribes: groups glued together by their distinctive cultures that can grow to a scale far beyond clans and bands. Morris argues that our psychology is wired by evolution in three distinctive ways. First, the peer instinct to conform to what most people do. Second, the hero instinct to give to the group and emulate the most respected. And third, the ancestor instinct to follow the ways of prior generations. These tribal instincts enable us to share knowledge and goals and work as a team to transmit the accumulated pool of cultural knowledge onward to the next generation. Countries, churches, political parties, and companies are tribes, and tribal instincts explain our loyalties to them and the hidden ways that they affect our thoughts, actions, and identities. Rather than deriding tribal impulses for their irrationality, we can recognize them as powerful levers that elevate performance, heal rifts, and set off shockwaves of cultural change.Weaving together deep research, current and historical events, and stories from business and politics, Morris cuts across conventional wisdom to completely reframe how we think about our tribes. Bracing and hopeful, Tribal unlocks the deepest secrets of our psychology and gives us the tools to manage our misunderstood superpower.