Adam Grant
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first heard May 2026
last heard 11 Aug
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Well, I think you have a few options there.
The first one is to recognize that we actually overestimate polarization.
There's a a pretty big gap between the assumptions we make about people who hold different views from us and the actual views they hold.
It's called the perception gap actually in in psychology.
And very frequently what you'll find is, you know, nobody is defined by their worst view or their most hateful belief.
And so it's it's
It's pretty likely that, you know, even if you have an uncle that that you think is just way out there, that you can find some common ground with them.
Uh that's one option.
I think a second option is to recognize that oftentimes the root of polarization is binary bias, which is the tendency that many of us have to try to come up with a coherent worldview to take complexity and oversimplify it into just two categories.
We we see this all the time in the US when it when it comes to gun safety and gun rights, for example.
You know, people basically will say,
Well, you know, I'm either pro-gun rights or I'm pro-gun safety.
And then they will think we're on opposite sides of a debate.
If you actually look at the data though, there are at least six different camps.
And over 85% of Americans believe in universal background checks before you can get access to a gun.
And so you could start that conversation by saying, let's talk about universal background checks.
Let's talk about whether somebody with a mental illness.
A diagnosed mental illness should have access to firearms.
You start with that, and all of a sudden that person that you think disagrees with you actually is much more likely to be on the same page with you than you realize.
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