We were very hot and it took a while to figure out what was so unsettling about the role of nationalism and the concept of countries in the modern world. The upshot is that national borders seem like a pretty arbitrary thing to care about.

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[1] Using User Research - “Public Digital” https://public.digital/ 

[2] Greta on OPEC’s claim of “unscientific” attacks on the oil industry - https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/greta-thunberg-opec-climate-change-campaigners-oil-sector-mohammed-barkindo-a8990011.html

[3] Yerks Dodson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes%E2%80%93Dodson_law

[4] Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond - https://amzn.to/2jXAhfP 

[5] Doug Stanhope on nationalism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsPDT5qHtZ4

[6] Tony Blair Rant - https://twitter.com/independent/status/1134480402561753088?lang=en

[7] Ivanka’s poem - https://twitter.com/ivanka/status/1090519840903884800 

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