I read Jonathan Haidts book a few years ago and still cite the rider and elephant example today with my friends that have different political and religious stances from myself. It was an incredibly insightful read and helped me communicate more effectively and hold more empathy for others (while also maintaining an open mind and heart myself whenever I would listen to them and recognize my own elephant getting triggered, lol).
Great article, Ryan and love the modern examples you included. As you mentioned, the greater challenge these days is reaching across the aisle to others "outside of our group". Nowadays we can easily tune out news stations that don't align with our political views or simply "unfollow" others on social media if we disagree with them. The resulting effect creates echo chambers that only further perpetuate tribalism and group-think behavior of, "I'm right and you're wrong". A great book that compliments Haidt's is Justin Lee's, "Talking Across the Divide". In it, he further explores the modern challenges of why it's so hard to reach our neighbors across the political/religious aisles and provides meaningful ways to engage in healthier dialogue. I particularly recommend people read both books right before Thanksgiving time as we all know those family gatherings are the true test to practice what we've learned 😂
Thanks so much, Tae! I’ve also read Justin Lee’s second book and thought it had plenty of great insights. Talking across the divide can be difficult but also rewarding if both parties enter with an open mind.
I read Jonathan Haidts book a few years ago and still cite the rider and elephant example today with my friends that have different political and religious stances from myself. It was an incredibly insightful read and helped me communicate more effectively and hold more empathy for others (while also maintaining an open mind and heart myself whenever I would listen to them and recognize my own elephant getting triggered, lol).
Great article, Ryan and love the modern examples you included. As you mentioned, the greater challenge these days is reaching across the aisle to others "outside of our group". Nowadays we can easily tune out news stations that don't align with our political views or simply "unfollow" others on social media if we disagree with them. The resulting effect creates echo chambers that only further perpetuate tribalism and group-think behavior of, "I'm right and you're wrong". A great book that compliments Haidt's is Justin Lee's, "Talking Across the Divide". In it, he further explores the modern challenges of why it's so hard to reach our neighbors across the political/religious aisles and provides meaningful ways to engage in healthier dialogue. I particularly recommend people read both books right before Thanksgiving time as we all know those family gatherings are the true test to practice what we've learned 😂
Thanks so much, Tae! I’ve also read Justin Lee’s second book and thought it had plenty of great insights. Talking across the divide can be difficult but also rewarding if both parties enter with an open mind.
One of my fave books! Great summary 🙌
Thanks so much! I’ve enjoyed your Substack recently.
Thanks man!