I'm the president of a college that believes in fearless open inquiry. I don't believe we don't want professors lecturing our students about what the ilead really means or its significance. When you're allowed to let it emerge it's real and you own it and you're thinking changes your understanding is enhanced. Most of us, again hardwired probably we like our own beliefs a lot more than the truth. And we don't trust that conversation to create that understanding or and wisdom because we're afraid.
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.