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Joan Blades and John Gable want you to make friends with people who vote differently than you do. A pair of political opposites, the two longtime pals know the value of engaging in honest conversations with people you don't immediately agree with. Join them as they explain how to bridge the gaps in understanding between people on opposite sides of the political spectrum -- and create opportunities for mutual listening and consideration (and, maybe, lasting friendships.)
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@justinmiller7398 6 лет назад

As someone who grew up in conservative small town and now lives in metro liberal city, this is absolutely correct in terms of filter bubbles and bias.

@brandonb3279 6 лет назад

Sigh. I was expecting/hoping for an informative discussion on how we might better equip ourselves to avoid the pitfalls of today's very isolating social, media and internet culture. Perhaps *even* with some good solid facts thrown in. But alas, this turned out to be nothing more than an anecdotal statement that 'it's good to listen to differing opinions'. Whilst I do agree with this whole-heartedly, it seems to me that this talk will reach very few people that don't already share this view, and for those whom it would benefit this talk contains nothing to persuade them, making it rather disappointing. Preaching to the choir, as it were. And the irony is quite striking.

@lukepeeters5178 6 лет назад

Spot on!!

@chrismachado6042 6 лет назад

Brandon Belanger I agree. Sounded Like it was scripted.

@jkohutiak 6 лет назад

your so right!!

@torvaderon 6 лет назад

I think that this minimalist approach falls into the category of effective advocacy. If we want to reach people on the other ile it is sometimes wiser to give them an entrance level argumentation. Instead of giving them answers we try to give them something far stronger. With a culture of criticism we would be able to solve every problem, but there is a translation issue. It is easier to spark it in very rational people. However, most people need to be eased into this framework. Now when it comes to the toxic social media I would be interested in your solution. As far as I am aware the best thing we can do right now is to raise awareness. Which is something this talk does...

@peterestdahl4664 6 лет назад

did you actually check out the website they´re promoting?

@mick7sp 6 лет назад

This should be required viewing for the entire TED staff.

@moviecore4621 6 лет назад

Mick7sp actually this should be required viewing in every school in the country least once a year

@asunasposibol 6 лет назад

Mick7sp Why? Do you think the talks at TED are filtered in any way? Could you give an example?

@mick7sp 6 лет назад

Lets put it this way. I see a lot of left leaning contortions going on.

@mick7sp 6 лет назад

Listen replied: "Ok, I don't really have a good perspective about this, I usually watch talks about science, not politics. Also, I don't know how works the selection and promotion of the events, who is behind it." Oddly your reply has been omitted here. Strange how that happens. If TED stuck to the science aspects and left the social social political issues out we would all be happier.

@lecapharnaum2.0 3 месяца назад

@@mick7sp "I see a lot of left leaning contortions going on." And yet your filter bubble brought you here ;)

@mhtinla 6 лет назад

I'm glad they contrast "conservative" with "progressive", instead of "liberal", as the term liberal has been hijacked for too long. I often say I am so liberal (in a classic sense) that I am conservative, but many don't know what I mean.

@DeBaggio 6 лет назад

also progressive is very subjective, one persons progressive is another persons regressive

@mhtinla 6 лет назад

DeBaggio Yes. Berkeley used to be the pinnacle of progressive movement in the 60's but now has become regressive, in my opinion, by shutting down different voices. Same thing happened to most college campuses. This is what happens when you don't have a stick on the ground.

@randomguy5990 6 лет назад

LOL, Do you guys do anything else but complain about liberals?

@mhtinla 6 лет назад

randomguy5990 I may not agree with you but I support your right to express your opinion.

@randomguy5990 6 лет назад

mhtinla Great, I'm sure you support the protests against Trump and Milo because you love free speech so much.

@Chidds 6 лет назад

It's really sad that this needs to be said. People suck at talking to each other. Or more accurately, listen to each other. Unfortunately, this message will do nothing. The problem is not with the internet, the internet just exacerbates a already existing problem. The problem is with our general attitudes to everything around us. These days everything is disposable. It used to be when something was broken it would need to be fixed. Today, we just throw it away.

@Overonator 6 лет назад

"Honor everyone's values and not lose your own." When you have values and positions that are completely opposed and contradictory, both views "can't be honored." One is going to get their way and one is not. You cannot "honor everyone's values and not lose your own." This is just feel good nonsense. However I do agree that if you listen to people, it tends to moderate your own views and that's valuable.

@Schmidtelpunkt 6 лет назад

Well, both have to compromise and agree to meet in the middle. Like just erradicate half of a minority and leave the other half alive. Or abort half of the pregnancies and curse the other half to deal with children they never wanted, or to control half of the guns and therefore allow half of the mentally insane to buy them without background checks.

@Overonator 6 лет назад

persil stover Some values are binary they not on spectrum you can't have some values half way.

@Overonator 6 лет назад

Sure valuing abortion rights. People say that women should be able to choose if they have an abortion and others saying that choice should not be allowed.

@anonwoohoo 6 лет назад

For a while I listened to both CNN/MSNBC and INFOWARS/FOX NEWS. I also listened to NPR and RT. I also listen to various independent media outlets. Nobody anywhere is saying anything that is not biased against someone else. It is all bullshit rhetoric coming from one side or the other. It's time to filter out the political news altogether and just ignore the screaming children on both sides.

@GEricM 6 лет назад

anonwoohoo I was the same. I watched them all so that I could get as many perspectives as possible. But i just cancelled my cable the other day. Got tired of the echo chamber. They all fixate on the same stories. It would be fine if the stories had real substance but most of the news now is all hand waving and dog whistling and deliberate distraction from real issues.

@FitThruCancer 6 лет назад

To those new to TED Talks: Do yourself a favor & start watching in order of: DATE ADDED (OLDEST)

@teemupennanen8359 6 лет назад

I yearn to have conversations about this particular subject! Thank you for bringing this back to me, TEDx!

@treeforged9097 6 лет назад

TED is a major filter bubble, the polorized people they are talking about in this video are the majority of ted speakers. This is the first good TED talk I have seen in years.

@lordbawnchie 6 лет назад

Very refreshing thank you!

@torvaderon 6 лет назад

Finally something constructive. Thanks TED.

@jkohutiak 6 лет назад

wtf were you watching?

@thomasduplessis3568 6 лет назад

Careful TED. Next thing you'll be telling me to practice my freedom of speech. Don't want to be too radical too quickly.

@TheAlja 6 лет назад

I think they failed to point out a major source of the problem, thats the US political system with only two parties. If there would be more diversity, more parties that get more votes and no single party would be able to govern on its own, people would be forced to consider other peoples opinions more, find compromises and think about other peoples point of view. My country has lefts and conservatives too, and they do not like each other too much either. But it is not as extreme as i see it in the US, where you can be a republican or a democrat for your entire life and it works, without ever thinking too much about the enemy. If a party wants to govern here in my country, they need to find one or more partners, there are discussions, coalitions are changing, people see politicians talking to each other, pointing out common grounds so people will accept coalitions between their party and another one. Compromises and discussion are not a good idealistic thing but a necessity. This does not eliminate filter bubbles, those are a global problem. But i think, or my feeling is, that they are no where as impenetrable as in the US due to the 2 way system.

@Holobrine 6 лет назад

As far as I can tell, the main difference between liberals and conservatives is how big a circle of social trust they have. Liberals tend to trust more than conservatives. Research has shown that countries with greater social trust (like Norway) have higher standards of living. Many of these countries also tend to be more homogeneous. It makes sense that we tend to trust people that look like us. I think what makes America great is our ability to trust beyond those who share our appearance. Basically my message to conservatives is, you aren't trusting enough, and it's holding our country back.

@vorlonagent 6 лет назад

...As long as it's bi-directional, it's good stuff. Trust is hard to come by. I won't open myself to someone who is merely there to evangelize their viewpoint. I had a friend come to me ready to pull the plug over the 2016 election (I'm conservative). I said "if it's got to end here, that's OK,, but I'm not all that different from who I've always been." That kept the break from occurring.

@two-face1041 6 лет назад

6:30 I don’t see Pulaski there TED

@adapa22 6 лет назад

One thing is to connect... something different is when you have to come to an agreement on a huge common dilema. Can you go further with this?

@ShawnRavenfire 6 лет назад

Did they make a bet with someone that they could work in a pointless Star Trek reference in the middle of a political discussion?

@LinkMEP 6 лет назад

It occurs to me that TED has been having a lot less divisive speakers lately. Good job.

@carlitodebrooklyn4078 6 лет назад

A lot of people in the comments section missed the damned point of this conversation. Sigh.

@carlitodebrooklyn4078 6 лет назад

persil stover The point is that because most Americans sit in a bubble with their own political ideas thanks to geographical location and social media networks, they need to branch out and try to listen to sides they may disagree with. This is the only way one can have constructive political discourse while still being able to disagree on a subject. We fail to see the other side as a side at all, and we therefore shut them out completely by discrediting them and ignoring them.

@carlitodebrooklyn4078 6 лет назад

persil stover No one said anything about ignorance vs knowledge...If you’re claiming that your beliefs are complete knowledge and that someone else’s is ignorance you’re doing exactly what this video is trying to stop. Everyone thinks they’re 100% right...just like you

@Superbed3 6 лет назад

persil stover People said the Earth being round was absurd once and look what happened. Things must change they can’t always stay the same.

@projectnemesi5950 6 лет назад

@persil stover I once was reading a text on the dark ages of europe and wondered, "how did people get this way?" Now, when I see people talking about political parties like sides of a civil war do I understand. The problem is the programming, as you have stated. The programming is coming from internet search algorithms, social media, and the fact they are no longer being built as tools. Rather, they are control mechanisms for advertisers to make money. Gone are the days when advertisers had to identify a market to advertise too. Now, they just build the market through the social engineering of filter bubbles. This is a new enemy beyond the comprehension of most. It doesn't stop at political parties. For instance, your clear fascination with low riders and fact channels. There is an entire community of fact channels on youtube, and many of them using marketing tactics to get to its users. For example, After Skool mostly employs marketing professionals and designers. However Nina Bennett is the actual information source. And when I look at her credentials she is a liberal propagandist. All she does is research ways to implant information in peoples minds. And while I could go on down that rabbit hole, I must return to the main point. Vast amounts of financial, human, and energy resources are going into the development of search algorithms, which redirect people into a filter bubble, so they can try to sell you products.

@ShankarSivarajan 6 лет назад

One of these people is correct. The other is horribly wrong.

@noemiej.marquis732 6 лет назад

Reality isn't all black and white. Welcome to the argument's pitfall.

@georgiosz.9493 6 лет назад

These sort of statements are what is wrong with the political conversation nowadays.

@hemant05 6 лет назад

I was expecting this video to be about how to uncondition your mind to see your life's issue from different perspective.

@AmyDentata 6 лет назад

Pro-tip: Close the 4chan tab and don't re-open it

@sungboklee6790 6 лет назад

This is all good and well, but couldn't you at least put a link in the description related? I feel like this could have been a lot more helpful, like actually letting me know how I could get out of the filter bubble generated by companies.

@ammarnsaif7060 6 лет назад

العرب الي يتابعون ted لايك راجئاً عاملة احصائية ❤️

@tareqjj 6 лет назад

احصائسة للعرب للمتابعة ؟ايش الهدف ؟

@rubinatimilsina5012 6 лет назад

Ironic 😍 this one thank you ted

@seto749 6 лет назад

This would have been improved had it examined for which sorts of issues such an approach can work and which issues are too close to zero-sum. Also, my own observation is that these conversations tend towards one party doing 90% of the moving and both of them calling it even. Or one concedes and calls it compromise, while the other compromises and calls it concession.

@Creaform003 6 лет назад

Have a token conservative friend? Sounds like people saying "I'm not racist... I have a black friend." "I'm not in a bubble... I have a conservative friend." I care about your argument, not your character, not your traits, not the labels you are branded with. Everyone is looking for ways to empower their arguments and dis-empower their opponents through methods other than argument. You're a racist, I have conservative friends, you are a bigot, I went to university, you are a christian, I have a high IQ. The reason there is so much polarisation is we are parroting other peoples opinion's rather than our own. When someone replies to an opinion you did not form yourself, you can't defend it and so you assume your opponent is cheating somehow. When the late night comedian said this line... everyone agreed and laughed, when I say it now you retort with an argument.... you must be a bigot.

@jeanie9350 4 года назад

while some ppl dont feel its that eye opening, i think you could show the video who someone who is more subjective, stubborn or political minded.

@Angeline1331 3 года назад

The site he started is allsides.com

@cwl82108 6 лет назад

This only work in western well educated country, just like many people they dun know how to respect to each other then how can we have a peaceful and logical conversation each other ?just like some people in China they are not respect to your personal opinion ,then how can we talk ?idea is good, but not applicable on many Asia country

@robm6726 6 лет назад

my best freind from the airforce is a catholic conservative and I'm an atheist liberal always have fun conversations :)

@adammesheia 6 лет назад

Rob M I am just curious but why are so many atheists liberal as an agnostic I find most liberal views to be as childish and ridiculous like some religions not to say the right or conservatives are any better I am just curious how smart people follow dumb ideas like socialism and other leftist ideas

@SinisaRudan 6 лет назад

Adam, you should REALLY watch this video (AGAIN)

@georgiosz.9493 6 лет назад

I'm a liberal catholic who has a bunch of liberal non-theist friends and who watches a bunch of atheist skeptics and political commentators, liberal and conservative. Life is fun :)

@DeBaggio 6 лет назад

it would go back to square one once people are tired of having arguments all the time

@akashkhandagale1293 6 лет назад

Viewing angle is different for different people

@UltraRik 6 лет назад

Yes they should fire the cameraman

@manaralnuaimi4886 4 года назад

im confused, the talk did not solve any tech related issue or suggest a valid alternative that major tech companies need to take.Instead it redirect the issue to human as its our fault that we dont talk to differentt peopel! i

@Alex1986Sevilla 6 лет назад

Just another talk about talking. Everyone wants to talk about everything.

@OneInTheRiver 6 лет назад

Yeah we should fight each other in the streets instead

@Alex1986Sevilla 6 лет назад

Well, if you get 9 minutes at TED you may want to use that time to it's fullest. Many of as already know the value of talking to eachother. Too many talks about talking and nothing else. It's the same in politics, that's why nothing gets done most of the time. I'd like to think that people subscribed to TED are a bit more open minded so that message is wasted on us. Preaching to the choir comes to mind.

@thebutterflowers 6 лет назад

Alex1986Sevilla that's so fucking true bro.😂😂

@beastieb9163 6 лет назад

+Alex1986Sevilla Yet here we sit in a comment section full of people engaging in conservative/progressive dichotomies, having completely missed what the video was "talking" about. There's a very real problem in the US with left vs right and filter bubbles, and I think it's important we address these things.

@OneInTheRiver 6 лет назад

Alex1986Sevilla not everyone is omniscient like you. The lesser beings still find value in discussion, especially of commonly held beliefs.

@jkobject 6 лет назад

Even more in the US than in other countries without bipartisanship (FRance for example) a political view is not a divide of two types of principles like conservative and progressive or republican and democrats. It is an educational divide, a divide of wealth and culture. You can't say that in order to live in a better country you should get less educated, less cultured values and concepts. No, you should, through care, respect and education, make those "republican" become "democrats".

@sbbiswas4 6 лет назад

Great.

@RSimoes10 5 лет назад

Totally agree. That's why we've built a new social network that allows people to interact and see content outside their filter bubbles. It's based on temporary connections and public chat Spaces that last one month, so users' networks always change. It's called Unnon, the network of unknowns: www.unnon.com

@Sabine-9359 6 лет назад

Well, that was all friendly (and, rather apparently, memorized) talk but I dearly missed examples of how you've been managing your controversies ;-).

@JockoJonson17 4 года назад

AllSides.com is pretty awesome actually. Definitely check it out.

@FabianTomaschek 6 лет назад

Horrible video, bad speakers, terrible narrative. I don't care about their story. And sorry, there are views on the world which are not complementary.

@procrasti86 6 лет назад

I like the idea but only if both sides were like the two speakers here... Normally the conversation resembles a heated shitshow where nobody wins really

@stuartsmith9306 6 лет назад

They say were young and we don't care we won't find out until were old......

@Snakeyes244 6 лет назад

American political diversity is apparently having democrats and republicans XD

@Schmidtelpunkt 6 лет назад

Well, now that republicans have essentially become fascists, the contrast is there again. Yay.

@jeffbingaman2754 6 лет назад

So the guy doesn't want people passionate about their beliefs. Only the elite and popular can have a better stand in their beliefs. Why don't people just go back to getting dragged around by politicians and their beliefs instead of your own.....blah blah blah So many sheep are being lost from their flock. They need new sheeple. Please people if you're going to breed, give us sheeple instead of individuals. Be like fish or herd animals, only without thought. Insert "pffft" emoji here👉 👈

@ganibalking9645 6 лет назад

Чё он базарит!?

@chrismachado6042 6 лет назад

I would watch the science of analyzing conversations in the TEDTALKS pags before this one. These people seem so fake.

@bumate90 6 лет назад

What is this video doing here? Who cares about politics? Especially US...

@ApexHerbivore 6 лет назад

Don't forget the strong women??!! Is it not even possible to make a point any more without it being taken as sexist. SMFH

@thadvdb 2 года назад

@homewall744 6 лет назад

Progressives often talk about being tolerant, about accepting diversity, but then also prefer that government decides what's good and then uses force to make sure all do it just like they say (don't eat sugar, don't smoke tobacco, don't smoke marijuana, don't use plastic bags, don't drive your car, don't show bias against race/gender or whatever is a "good" class of the day). If you want to convince me of these with your discussion, that's awesome. But as soon as you turn to the powers that be to enforce it, you've stopped talking and just devolved to ancient tyranny.

@OneInTheRiver 6 лет назад

*_cringe_*