Bill Eddy

And so we have these two universes talking to themselves, growing farther and farther apart. And that's why elections don't seem to have made a difference in any of this. Because elections kind of decides who does government, but they don't resolve the adversarial communities. And they get a lot of attention. And sad to say, I think our culture has shifted from government

that politics as about government and the details and nitty-gritty and the values of government are what's good for our group, good for our country, unity, citizenship, we should be together in this, that politics have shifted to entertainment. The values of entertainment are be extreme, be emotional. And entertainment's driven by drama, you know, for... thousands of years.

that politics as about government and the details and nitty-gritty and the values of government are what's good for our group, good for our country, unity, citizenship, we should be together in this, that politics have shifted to entertainment. The values of entertainment are be extreme, be emotional. And entertainment's driven by drama, you know, for... thousands of years.

that politics as about government and the details and nitty-gritty and the values of government are what's good for our group, good for our country, unity, citizenship, we should be together in this, that politics have shifted to entertainment. The values of entertainment are be extreme, be emotional. And entertainment's driven by drama, you know, for... thousands of years.

And drama is opposing us against them. And as I mentioned in the Bullies book, there's a terrible crisis, there's an evil villain, and there's a superhero. And if you have someone tell that story to their community, they will love that person. So now we have two communities in politics loving themselves and hating the other And the elections don't resolve that.

And drama is opposing us against them. And as I mentioned in the Bullies book, there's a terrible crisis, there's an evil villain, and there's a superhero. And if you have someone tell that story to their community, they will love that person. So now we have two communities in politics loving themselves and hating the other And the elections don't resolve that.

And drama is opposing us against them. And as I mentioned in the Bullies book, there's a terrible crisis, there's an evil villain, and there's a superhero. And if you have someone tell that story to their community, they will love that person. So now we have two communities in politics loving themselves and hating the other And the elections don't resolve that.

That's a speed bump on the road to high conflict. And that's not a good sign, and we have to find ways to bridge the gaps. And there are ways. You get people one-to-one talk to each other. There's a lot of groups trying to say, let's connect rather than separate. If we get too far out of balance, we're going to have bigger and bigger high conflict problems.

That's a speed bump on the road to high conflict. And that's not a good sign, and we have to find ways to bridge the gaps. And there are ways. You get people one-to-one talk to each other. There's a lot of groups trying to say, let's connect rather than separate. If we get too far out of balance, we're going to have bigger and bigger high conflict problems.

That's a speed bump on the road to high conflict. And that's not a good sign, and we have to find ways to bridge the gaps. And there are ways. You get people one-to-one talk to each other. There's a lot of groups trying to say, let's connect rather than separate. If we get too far out of balance, we're going to have bigger and bigger high conflict problems.

The more people's eyes are open to this pattern, the more they can say, hey, I seem to be part of this group, but my neighbors think differently. I'm going to listen to them. It's listening that's missing.

The more people's eyes are open to this pattern, the more they can say, hey, I seem to be part of this group, but my neighbors think differently. I'm going to listen to them. It's listening that's missing.

The more people's eyes are open to this pattern, the more they can say, hey, I seem to be part of this group, but my neighbors think differently. I'm going to listen to them. It's listening that's missing.

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Right. Well, what we're seeing is these kind of – media systems, I call them, are attracted to high conflict personalities and high conflict personalities are attracted to attention. They want attention. So there's this almost marriage of media exposure and high conflict personalities. And so that's what pulls people together. I think everyone's looking for community these days.

Right. Well, what we're seeing is these kind of – media systems, I call them, are attracted to high conflict personalities and high conflict personalities are attracted to attention. They want attention. So there's this almost marriage of media exposure and high conflict personalities. And so that's what pulls people together. I think everyone's looking for community these days.

Right. Well, what we're seeing is these kind of – media systems, I call them, are attracted to high conflict personalities and high conflict personalities are attracted to attention. They want attention. So there's this almost marriage of media exposure and high conflict personalities. And so that's what pulls people together. I think everyone's looking for community these days.

And it used to be around work, like a shared task. But now we do so much of our work alone or tiny groups. And so you get a real sense of community. People used to get it from church or synagogue or mosque, wherever. And that's weakened. And so we get that now a lot, the intense emotional community from politics. And so there's a community for you, and there's a community for you.