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Monica Guzman on Curiosity and Conversation in Contentious Times

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I Love the Puzzles Versus Mystery Dichotomy

Leslie Jones: I love the puzzles versus mysteries dichotomy. Most of life's a mystery. We tend to push things into the puzzle box when they belong in the mystery box. When you when people feel understood, that's when you can build trust. Without sufficient trust, we can't collectively search for truth. Instead, we'll have different groups of people finding their own truth and then fighting each other about it.

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