In
this piece on the NYT web site, psychologists Yarrow Dunham and David
Rand predict a positive outcome. They point to multiple psychological
experiments (some with kids) indicating a common “human tendency to forge
alliances as the context demands.” In other words, team spirit wins over
contingent (and even some deep) divides. Except when it doesn’t – as the mutiny
in the French football/soccer team at the 2010 world cup suggests.
