One of the very many problems with today’s world is that, instead of confronting the root issues that underlie disagreement, people simply split into groups and sustain themselves on intragroup consensus.
If we do this every time we run up against a persistent disagreement, we will never actually resolve any issue; we’ll just winnow down the number of people we’re willing to listen to until we’re secure in a safe and comfortable echo chamber, with our own opinions bouncing back at us forever.
That is an extraordinarily bad way to overcome bias.
One of the very many problems with today’s world is that, instead of confronting the root issues that underlie disagreement, people simply split into groups and sustain themselves on intragroup consensus.
If we do this every time we run up against a persistent disagreement, we will never actually resolve any issue; we’ll just winnow down the number of people we’re willing to listen to until we’re secure in a safe and comfortable echo chamber, with our own opinions bouncing back at us forever.
That is an extraordinarily bad way to overcome bias.