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Authoritarianism is substantially heritable—about 50 percent heritable, according to empirical studies of identical twins reared together and apart. [...] It is important to recognize that authoritarian predisposition is another way of being human and not intrinsically/necessarily evil. It is a natural variation in human ‘political character.’

This is an excerpt from an interview with Karen Stenner, Australian political psychologist and behavioural economist, who is our next guest on the State of the Exponential briefing on July 12 at 7am New York, 12pm London, 7pm Beijing.

We will discuss her thesis on the rise of authoritarianism and the way forward. Please join the conversation: REGISTER HERE

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