Michael Morris

this conformity instinct, which got into a feedback loop because it, it, it created residential sorting and then news media sorting. And then once you're in these inbred environments, then being conformist created, you know, different political worlds. If that's your diagnosis, well, there are things you can do about it. You can, you can break out of your bubble.

this conformity instinct, which got into a feedback loop because it, it, it created residential sorting and then news media sorting. And then once you're in these inbred environments, then being conformist created, you know, different political worlds. If that's your diagnosis, well, there are things you can do about it. You can, you can break out of your bubble.

this conformity instinct, which got into a feedback loop because it, it, it created residential sorting and then news media sorting. And then once you're in these inbred environments, then being conformist created, you know, different political worlds. If that's your diagnosis, well, there are things you can do about it. You can, you can break out of your bubble.

You know, I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where, you know, there are not a lot of Trump signs and there are a lot of Harris signs. And then even the businesses are like Lululemon and Whole Foods, which basically don't, they don't operate in Republican districts. You know, these are, these are blue tribe symbols, blue tribe icons. And, um,

You know, I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where, you know, there are not a lot of Trump signs and there are a lot of Harris signs. And then even the businesses are like Lululemon and Whole Foods, which basically don't, they don't operate in Republican districts. You know, these are, these are blue tribe symbols, blue tribe icons. And, um,

You know, I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where, you know, there are not a lot of Trump signs and there are a lot of Harris signs. And then even the businesses are like Lululemon and Whole Foods, which basically don't, they don't operate in Republican districts. You know, these are, these are blue tribe symbols, blue tribe icons. And, um,

I've been quite busy the last couple of days because I'm buying a house upstate and upstate is different. You know, upstate, if I'm going to be spending more time up there, I'm not going to be constantly reinforced and constantly triggered to think about the world through these blue tribe lenses because I won't be in an ideologically inbred environment all the time. Yeah.

I've been quite busy the last couple of days because I'm buying a house upstate and upstate is different. You know, upstate, if I'm going to be spending more time up there, I'm not going to be constantly reinforced and constantly triggered to think about the world through these blue tribe lenses because I won't be in an ideologically inbred environment all the time. Yeah.

I've been quite busy the last couple of days because I'm buying a house upstate and upstate is different. You know, upstate, if I'm going to be spending more time up there, I'm not going to be constantly reinforced and constantly triggered to think about the world through these blue tribe lenses because I won't be in an ideologically inbred environment all the time. Yeah.

And there are things we can do beyond ourselves personally. There's been a lot of efforts to create dialogue across... red-blue factions of society.

And there are things we can do beyond ourselves personally. There's been a lot of efforts to create dialogue across... red-blue factions of society.

And there are things we can do beyond ourselves personally. There's been a lot of efforts to create dialogue across... red-blue factions of society.

Some of it's going on at universities or town gown, bringing the university students to talk to the people in the university town who may not share their view, or we bring some of our students to industrial towns in the Midwest that have suffered from globalization. The first wave of these programs, very well-intentioned, but a lot of them had names like

Some of it's going on at universities or town gown, bringing the university students to talk to the people in the university town who may not share their view, or we bring some of our students to industrial towns in the Midwest that have suffered from globalization. The first wave of these programs, very well-intentioned, but a lot of them had names like

Some of it's going on at universities or town gown, bringing the university students to talk to the people in the university town who may not share their view, or we bring some of our students to industrial towns in the Midwest that have suffered from globalization. The first wave of these programs, very well-intentioned, but a lot of them had names like

you know, red meets blue or a town gown encounter or hello from the other side. And it, sort of accentuated that you are about to be confronted with one of them, one of these people from the other side. And that raises defenses. That's not a form of interaction that people tend to learn more moderate views from.

you know, red meets blue or a town gown encounter or hello from the other side. And it, sort of accentuated that you are about to be confronted with one of them, one of these people from the other side. And that raises defenses. That's not a form of interaction that people tend to learn more moderate views from.

you know, red meets blue or a town gown encounter or hello from the other side. And it, sort of accentuated that you are about to be confronted with one of them, one of these people from the other side. And that raises defenses. That's not a form of interaction that people tend to learn more moderate views from.

And the kinds of programs that the research suggests are more effective, they're named things like Coffee Party USA, Make America Dinner Again, open lands discussions. And the logic here is you bring together

And the kinds of programs that the research suggests are more effective, they're named things like Coffee Party USA, Make America Dinner Again, open lands discussions. And the logic here is you bring together