How to Talk to People You Don’t Agree With, With Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt

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🗓️ 19 November 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It’s almost Thanksgiving, which means that many of us will find ourselves elbow to elbow with family members, some of whom may have wildly differing opinions on topics like whether cranberry sauce should be homemade or canned, and who should be president. Before things get too heated, we recommend listening to this episode. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt will explain why there’s value in being exposed to different opinions, and blogger and entrepreneur Anil Dash talks to us about how we should treat each other despite our differences. Then, writer and theorist Andra Medea gives us five steps for defusing a Thanksgiving fight. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:07.7	I'm Alice Bradley, LifeHacker's deputy editor. And I'm Virginia Smith, LifeHackers Managing
1:12.3	Editor. And today we're talking about how to talk to people you don't agree with.
1:16.6	Something a number of us find ourselves having to do this Thanksgiving. I don't know what
1:20.0	you're talking about, Virginia. Melissa and I spoke to Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and author
1:25.1	of The Coddling of the American Mind about campus culture
1:28.1	and the importance of being willing to be exposed to opinions you, well, hate.
1:33.0	I'm saying we need to give less offense, take less offense, and pass on less offense.
1:38.1	We'll also be chatting with Anil Dash, blogger, entrepreneur, and technologist about how we should
1:42.6	treat each other despite our differences,
1:48.7	both online and in real life. Right. I mean, these days, they fly their troll flag. They have an avatar with whatever meme of the day indicates that I'm acting in bad faith. Then, writer and theorist
1:54.1	Andrea Medea will give us five steps for how to diffuse a Thanksgiving day fight. The kids are bickering,
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