This has been an intense week. Some of you are excited about the outcome of the election and some of you are depressed and angry. That’s ok. The downside of an election cycle is that it pushes us into our rhetorical corners. It accelerates the need to be identified with a particular tribe and to demonize people that aren’t in our tribe. This leads us to seek simple answers and reject any information that disagrees with our tribe’s simple answers.
Weekend Briefing No. 144
Weekend Briefing No. 144
Weekend Briefing No. 144
This has been an intense week. Some of you are excited about the outcome of the election and some of you are depressed and angry. That’s ok. The downside of an election cycle is that it pushes us into our rhetorical corners. It accelerates the need to be identified with a particular tribe and to demonize people that aren’t in our tribe. This leads us to seek simple answers and reject any information that disagrees with our tribe’s simple answers.