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Podcast: New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast
Episode: Inheriting Trauma
Description: Rana Dajani on the emerging science of trauma passed across generations.
The number of active conflicts today is the highest since the end of World War II. The world has clearly entered a new, more violent, and fragmented era.
We can and should debate "why?" But we also need to focus on "so what?" What are the consequences, not only for warriors but also for the innocents caught up in spreading conflict? Is it possible that the impacts of traumatic violence could be transmitted across generations?
A group of scientists believes their work proves that...