Does modernisation erase cultural difference – or amplify it?

According to Psyche, Thomas Talhelm explores whether modernisation erases cultural difference or amplifies it. Challenging the common fear that globalisation homogenises, research spanning China to Peru reveals a more hopeful picture: cultural distinctiveness doesn't disappear, but rather transforms and persists through the modern world.

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