I wonder how susceptible I am to this. Everyone is, of course, to some degree.

But I’ve always – sometimes to my great detriment – cared more about being right than being part of any tribe. (Hence why I get thrown out of most tribes!)

It was not a popular opinion in my extremely religious school to be a vocal agnostic/atheist, or to tell people who didn’t believe in evolution that they were dumb, yet I did it (often).

I suspect human nature will have to be genetically altered to affect any real difference. The most likely scenario for this is not that it occurs voluntarily, but some rogue researcher in 2179 (if we survive that long) releases some genetically-modifying virus that does it covertly and illegally.

This article mentions two movies that are excellent – Hanna and Hard Candy.

Neither one got much publicity by the studio system because they starred young female main characters, but they are both great films.

Hard Candy in particular is a standout, being remarkably effective in being both disturbing and thoughtful at the same time. Many films attempt to make you confused as to who the true villain is. Almost all of them fail. However, Hard Candy succeeds in spades.

Both are highly recommended.