There are certain resolutions that are easily made and easily broken: lose weight; drink less; be mindful. They all seem a cinch compared with the challenge of our age: think less tribally. Try meeting people who disagree with you. Try to understand both sides of the argument. Most of us instinctively feel that this is desirable. Each of us has something to learn from others. And even if we do not, even if the other side of the argument is utterly wrong, how are we to persuade them if we are not on speaking terms? And yet bursting our own bubbles is infuriatingly hard.
有些决心容易下，也容易被动摇：减肥；少喝酒；走心。与我们这个时代的挑战——减少部落化思维——相比，它们似乎都是小儿科。试着去见那些跟你观点不同的人。试着理解争论的每一方。我们大多数人本能地认为这是可取的。我们每个人都有些东西可以向别人学习。即使没有，即使争论的另一方完全错了，如果我们不跟他们对话，又如何能说服他们？然而，戳破我们自身的泡沫却异常艰难。