This explains so well the political/social spiral that we see so often when groups close ranks. And it is just hard to work with people whose views you don't agree with (or, even worse, think are harmful) - it often means avoiding topics and not really being able to relax. And if we don't have the energy resources for that, it just doesn't happen.
Yeah, totally agree. Not at all easy to discuss controversial issues when another person holds views that you find objectionable. In my last post about the basic morality bias (https://erman.substack.com/p/how-the-basic-morality-bias-widens), I describe how people tend to assume worse intentions about their opponents than those opponents really hold. Consciously correcting that kind of bias as a first step always helps me to start a positive conversation.
This helps explain to me some of the polarization I see in American politics. Interesting.
Mel
Thanks Mel, totally agree. I think this post together with my last post (https://erman.substack.com/p/how-the-basic-morality-bias-widens) explain a lot about polarization!
This explains so well the political/social spiral that we see so often when groups close ranks. And it is just hard to work with people whose views you don't agree with (or, even worse, think are harmful) - it often means avoiding topics and not really being able to relax. And if we don't have the energy resources for that, it just doesn't happen.
Yeah, totally agree. Not at all easy to discuss controversial issues when another person holds views that you find objectionable. In my last post about the basic morality bias (https://erman.substack.com/p/how-the-basic-morality-bias-widens), I describe how people tend to assume worse intentions about their opponents than those opponents really hold. Consciously correcting that kind of bias as a first step always helps me to start a positive conversation.
Thanks for the link, I'll have a look!