Empathy is not endorsement | Dylan Marron

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🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Digital creator Dylan Marron has racked up millions of views for projects like "Every Single Word" and "Sitting in Bathrooms With Trans People" -- but he's found that the flip side of success online is internet hate. Over time, he's developed an unexpected coping mechanism: calling the people who leave him insensitive comments and asking a simple question: "Why did you write that?" In a thoughtful talk about how we interact online, Marron explains how sometimes the most subversive thing you can do is actually speak with people you disagree with, not simply at them. Listen to his podcast, "Conversations With People Who Hate Me," wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:07.0	You'll probably know this.
0:08.2	With internet notoriety comes the trolls.
0:11.7	Writer Dylan Marin certainly knows it.
0:13.9	He's been called all kinds of names online.
0:16.6	And as he describes, the attacks made him curious.
0:20.3	He did something counterintuitive about it.
0:22.6	He engaged the trolls.
0:25.0	In his archive talk from Ted 2018, he shares what he learned from doing that and the
0:29.4	lessons it contains for all of us.
0:32.0	If you'd like to hear more from Dylan, you can take his upcoming Ted course, how to connect
0:36.5	in a divided world.
0:38.1	I need it.
0:39.1	I think that it would be awesome.
0:41.4	You'll learn how to create the conditions for successful conversations online and offline
0:46.0	and discover different and sometimes surprising ways to understand your haters.
0:50.8	Enroll at TedTalks.social slash connect.
0:56.1	Thank you to Etihad Airways for sponsoring today's episode.
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1:08.7	They were recently awarded Environmental Airline of the Year for 2022 and have launched a dedicated
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