INTRODUCTION The Problem, the Solution, and the Tortoise
Have you heard these phrases lately?
“You’re wrong.”
“How could you believe that?”
“Anyone with intelligence would never think that.”
“Why would you vote for that person?”
“I think that’s just stupid.”
“The [political group] is the biggest threat to our country.”
“Those people are just wrong!”
“We need to take back our country.”
“How could they ever come to that conclusion?”
“Those people don’t use their brains—they just follow blindly!”
The fact that you’ve probably heard these phrases or a variation of them speaks to a continued and growing problem in the world today: how divided people are on the big topics of politics, race, immigration, and so many others. It also speaks to how divided ...
Get I Respectfully Disagree now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
