
243 - Psychological Tweetathon with Jay Van Bavel
You Are Not So Smart
The Best Interventions in Reducing Partisan Anxiety
CNN's John Sutter created an intervention based on the book The Power of Us. It was pitted against a number of other interventions and came in third out of 25. Heineken commercial from years ago showed liberals and conservatives sitting in a room talking about their political beliefs, then asked them if they'd like to have a beer with one another. "It turns out that was the best in reducing partisan animosity," Sutter says.
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