In a 2017 study examining five decades worth of data across 78 countries — from Norway to Nigeria, and Canada to Colombia — psychologists Henri Santos, Michael Varnum, and Igor Grossmann found that people increasingly report that they value friends more relative to family, want their children to be independent, and value free expression. All of these values are closely associated with individualism.From NPR, Could a more Individualistic World also be a more Altruistic One?
It makes me think about the individualism found within the Rationalist Community and their tendency toward Effective Altruism.
