Derek Black and Matthew Stevenson — Befriending Radical Disagreement
On Being with Krista Tippett
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What Makes You Dysap and Where Are You Finding Hope?
Deryck Johnson: I don't think i would use the word despair, ecause i think the word despair makes it seem as though there is no hope. But there is certainly a tendency, i think, an increasing trend, to only associating with people who agree with you. And that's psychologically pleasing, and it's maybe fun,. But the terrible cost of that is that you run a very real risk of losing sympathy for people who disagree with you. That this ampathy that people can generate and feel, you can't stop it in the run. It starts with our own beliefs and our own assumptions.
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