Audio Bersama

The scene is set at a noisy roadside tea stall. The clinking of glasses and the roar of traffic provide the backdrop for three friends—Liam (the rationalist atheist), Aryan (the perennialist Hindu), and Zaid (the traditionalist Muslim)—as they dive into the introduction of Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind. ​Liam: (Slams the book on the plastic table) Alright, I’ve read the intro. Haidt’s opening with Rodney King’s “Can we all get along?” is peak sentimentalism, but his point about the “Elepha