We're Going to Be Wiseer, Right?

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We are tribalistic. We share our blind spots and a lot of the story of polarization is sort of that, you know, just, just spread out. And so much of it is psychology. Because technology zips ahead real fast and it takes us a while to understand what's going on. They put good values into tension with each other. It's not good versus evil. Stop. Like this is this is what's dumbing everything down. You know, but we allow these things to swirl and swirl and swirl because we get something out of it. And it's killing us.

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.