I don’t understand your categorization of “rationalist” and “irrationalist”. EVERYBODY is BOTH, to varying degrees on different topics. “rationalism” is NOT a tribe, with goals opposed to other tribes.
If the best way to meet one’s goals is to join a fraternity and get branded, that is rational. Expending energy to fight a cabal or to set up a competing cabal seems far less rational than joining it.
I’m not a big fan of tribal thinking, preferring economic and intellectual motivators because they’re more fine-grained and easier to ensure that they’re consistent. But that doesn’t mean that when I notice benefits of tribal cohesion, I’m not allowed to partake.
I don’t understand your categorization of “rationalist” and “irrationalist”. EVERYBODY is BOTH, to varying degrees on different topics. “rationalism” is NOT a tribe, with goals opposed to other tribes.
If the best way to meet one’s goals is to join a fraternity and get branded, that is rational. Expending energy to fight a cabal or to set up a competing cabal seems far less rational than joining it.
I’m not a big fan of tribal thinking, preferring economic and intellectual motivators because they’re more fine-grained and easier to ensure that they’re consistent. But that doesn’t mean that when I notice benefits of tribal cohesion, I’m not allowed to partake.