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.
有些決心容易下，也容易被動搖：減肥；少喝酒；走心。與我們這個時代的挑戰——減少部落化思維——相比，它們似乎都是小兒科。試著去見那些跟你觀點不同的人。試著理解爭論的每一方。我們大多數人本能地認為這是可取的。我們每個人都有些東西可以向別人學習。即使沒有，即使爭論的另一方完全錯了，如果我們不跟他們對話，又如何能說服他們？然而，戳破我們自身的泡沫卻異常艱難。