Be mindful of the automatic mental processes that cause you to identify with a particular group (e.g., gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, political party, nation), and then regard members of different groups as others. Focus on similarities between “us” and “them,” not differences. Recognize that everything is connected to everything else, that “us” is the whole wide world—that, in a deep sense, the entire planet is your home and the people on it are your extended family. Deliberately create mental categories that include you along with people you usually regard as not-me; for
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