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Joseph Griffiths's avatar

Interesting article. Your comments/analysis remind of a piece written by Gurwinder -- he wrote one on audience capture ( https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/the-perils-of-audience-capture ), which seems to be the peril of those taking up the cause of public discourse and recently he wrote about the problem of being an NPC (see: https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/why-you-are-probably-an-npc ).

My apologies if you have already read these but I thought they were apt. I think having some guiding principles (as you have articulated) will enable your audience to recognize that there are lessons to be learned from heroes and villains but learning doesn't equal idolizing. Keep up the good work.

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Alina Okun's avatar

So many deep insights here!

As I was reading your article, I kept remembering the book "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion" by Jonathan Haidt. The book explores how people often make decisions based on emotions and then use logic to back up those decisions.

After reading the book, I began to stay away from political discussions as much as possible. I realized that most people are not interested in hearing or understanding the other person's point of view. They just want to persuade the other party of their beliefs.

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