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This July 4th, can we strive to see the best in each other? Some thoughts on patriotism and pessimism...
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This July 4th, can we strive to see the best in each other? Some thoughts on patriotism and pessimism...
Patriotism and pessimism
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How many insults will we hear at the debate? Plus: A pastor's call for more love...
Debate insults. Plus: A pastor's call for more love.
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When it comes to understanding American divides and what we might do to lower toxicity, what have been the books, websites, or other resources that have most impacted how you think about that topic? We're compiling some of the best resources and would love your thoughts!
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Have you ever felt social pressure to be more team-based and less nuanced in what you say about contentious issues? Have you felt like expressing a nuanced view might hurt you socially? This research by Joe Siev and colleagues might interest you. https://lnkd.in/e6MKCVtV
New psychology research reveals the surprising cost of political ambivalence
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This Starts With Us article reminds us ALL to be thoughtful about how we interpret and share survey data. We'll be neck deep in polling data during this campaign season and sources--left, right, and center--will not always rely on well designed and effectively implemented studies.
Misleading Survey Results Can Amplify Animosity and Fear - Starts With Us
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What can we learn from the political views of incels? Plus: Abortion opponents met secretly in a basement...
An uncomfortable experiment. Plus: the political views of incels.
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What do faulty survey results have to do with polarization? Plus: A TEDx talk about our views of harm
Misleading survey results can amplify animosity and fear
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Starts With Us reposted this
When it comes to understanding American divides and what we might do to lower toxicity, what have been the books, websites, or other resources that have most impacted how you think about that topic? We're compiling some of the best resources and would love your thoughts!
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Valuable thoughts from Vanessa Otero, Founder of Ad Fontes Media.
I invite you to do an exercise this evening: watch a TV news program from cable news program from the side of the political spectrum you most disagree with. Everyone is covering the same story tonight. If you feel a visceral disgust, especially, I invite you to push past that. That feeling of disgust is a protection mechanism for your identity—it’s primal and you don’t need to heed it, because you are an evolved human capable of critical thinking. Watch for half an hour, at least. Try to imagine what it would be like if you liked this content and agreed with it. Try to imagine if all the news/news-like opinion & analysis you consumed sounded just like this. How do you think that would affect your perception of the world? Most people resist this sort of exercise, but it is essential to understanding why we are so deeply divided in what we believe. We inhabit bespoke realities crafted by our information sources. This is why 2/3 of Americans insist that absolutely no set of facts or circumstances would change their planned vote. That’s an absurd position, because facts and circumstances matter. Understanding someone else’s world is key to overcoming stubborn intransigence, and is necessary if we hope to overcome our entrenched polarization. Ad Fontes Media
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