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No Stupid Questions

169. Can We Disagree Better?

No Stupid Questions

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Society & Culture

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Do you suffer from the sin of certainty? How did Angela react when a grad student challenged her research? And can a Heineken commercial strengthen our democracy?

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0:00.0

Wow, okay. That escalated quickly.

0:04.3

I'm Angela Duckworth.

0:06.6

I'm Mike Mon.

0:07.7

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

0:10.1

Today on the show, how do we disagree better?

0:14.5

I am not some young whipper snapper.

0:16.8

I can do whatever I want.

0:30.0

Angela, as a human being who lives on earth, I think you and I and every single person

0:40.2

can connect with today's question.

0:42.5

Hmm. Okay. I'm all ears, yes.

0:45.2

It was a joint question that interestingly was submitted by two U.S. governors, one Republican

0:50.5

and one Democrat.

0:51.6

Now I'm really all ears.

0:53.0

Okay. Here's their question. They say there is so much hostility and contempt in the world

0:56.9

today, especially around politics.

0:59.8

It's okay to disagree, but we have to learn to disagree in a way that is productive and

1:04.7

not destructive.

1:06.4

What would you recommend to help people disagree better?

1:10.7

Governor Spencer Cox, Republican Utah, Governor Jared Polis, Democrat Colorado.

1:15.4

Wow. I feel the weight of responsibility.

1:18.8

So when I should give his context, the governor Cox, the Republican from Utah, is the chair

1:23.6

of the National Governors Association.

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