弥合裂痕
我们和政治观点不一样的人能聊得来吗,可以成为朋友吗?
现在的互联网……往往只让我们看到和我们一样的人,而且它总是倾向于向我们展示我们已经同意的信息。当我们总是看到和我们一样的人,当我们总是听到我们同意的意见时,有两件事发生在我们身上。第一,我们的观点变得更加极端。其次,我们对任何与我们不同的人或想法的容忍度会大大降低。而这正在撕裂我们社会的结构。
The internet right now … tends to only have us see people who are just like us, and it always tends to show us information that we already agree with. When we always see people just like us, and when we always hear opinions we agree with, two things happen to any of us. First, we become much much more extreme in our points of view. And, secondly, we become much less tolerant of any person or idea that’s different than us. And that’s ripping up the fabric of our society.
当然,这个项目的参与者就算观点不同,至少也在某些基础的认识上达成一致,这才能让讨论成立。但是当这个裂痕已经大到分裂成为两个世界的时候,又该如何弥合呢。