Beyond the Alarm Bells: Finding Common Ground in Polarized Times
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Beyond the Alarm Bells: Finding Common Ground in Polarized Times
there’s this struggle in my head. Is the world ending, or is it a nice day and I’m getting coffee? Obviously, it’s not a binary thing, but living this way is sometimes brain-scrambling. It’s not like the constant doom and gloom of Twitter was making me a better climate activist. Instead I’d be paralyzed. Twitter incentivizes you to live in this... See more
Charlie Warzel • How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis
Even Baudrillard himself urges us to resist this polarized radicalization. “We have to fight against charges of unreality, lack of responsibility, nihilism and despair.” Jean Baudrillard We need a reality check. We need to let go of our hubris and bring each other closer together for connection, nuanced conversation and radical intimacy that can’t
... See moreNot all conflict is bad. Disagreement — over taxes, education, or policy — is essential to a healthy democracy. But affective polarization isn’t about differing ideas. It’s about identity.
It emerges when people begin to dislike, distrust, or even dehumanize others because of who they are — their ethnicity, region, religion, political affiliation,... See more
It emerges when people begin to dislike, distrust, or even dehumanize others because of who they are — their ethnicity, region, religion, political affiliation,... See more