The Power of Emotional Shared Reality

We might not agree on all of the same facts, but we can move toward understanding each other better if we have some common experiences that we recognize. The idea of starting with shared feelings as opposed to trying to establish shared thoughts completely reverses the way that most of us tend to approach these kinds of debates and divides. It reminds me a little bit of what psychologists and political scientists have been doing around deep canvassing. I'm amazed by these randomized controlled experiments where just having somebody knock on your door and ask you questions makes you less extreme in your ideological positions.