When was the final time you actually linked with somebody who disagrees with you? Or noticed a submit on social media that challenged your views? Or listened to a newscast from throughout the political aisle? Trendy life locations us in all types of echo chambers – so what occurs when these divides cease us from really seeing and understanding each other? Right now’s Sunday Decide is from How you can be a Higher Human, one other podcast from TED. Host Chris Duffy speaks with journalist Mónica Guzmán, the daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted –twice– for Donald Trump. Now the chief storyteller for “Braver Angels”, a corporation devoted to political depolarization, Monica shares the instruments she makes use of to seek out widespread floor along with her family members. She talks about why interacting with (and listening to) totally different factors of view is vital work – and the way by way of curiosity we are able to obtain the seemingly unattainable activity of understanding these we have a tendency to consider as our enemy. Her e book, “I By no means Considered It That Means: How you can Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Instances” is out now. Try extra How you can Be a Higher Human wherever you get your podcasts.
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