Are Human Beings Making Progress?

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Russ Baker: It's clear to me that we're making a lot of progress on the technological side, the scientific side. The communication side is not so that's clear and those are really the hard problems. Being a better human being than you were a year ago is immensely more difficult than say improving the mileage of a gas powered car. Exactly. Maybe we should put a little more attention on helping each other get better at that.

In our highly polarized times, everyone seems obsessed with the truth: what is it, who has it, and which side's got it all wrong. What we don't seem to care about, says journalist Monica Guzman, is the truth behind perspectives other than our own. Listen as Guzman and host Russ Roberts discuss Guzman's book I Never Thought of It That Way, a call to get interested in the people behind the positions, and the experiences, hopes, and fears that lead to their beliefs. Guzman and Roberts also discuss the role of great questions in sparking meaningful conversations, and how we can not only get along with, but even learn from, those with whom we ardently disagree.