Tribalism is seen all across nature. It is an important mechanism for adaptability and humanity wouldn't have made it as far as it has without it. The article e

Tribalism is seen all across nature. It is an important mechanism for adaptability and humanity wouldn't have made it as far as it has without it. The article equates it with its worst manifestations (war and genocide), but fails to appreciate its ecological importance. A world with only one large society is fragile and subject to large catastrophic failure. This is just like the issue of monoculture in software security. If there are many societies (tribes) there are more chances for survival. There are also more chances for independent discoveries of better ways of living that would otherwise be lost to groupthink. Tribalism is a diversified portfolio. It's not a bug, it's a feature. Our challenge is not to get rid of tribalism but rather how to get the best parts of it without the worst.