Imagine you’ve published a 1,600-word column about the President of the United States.
You’ve put your heart into your column.
And you’re excited when people in Washington, DC are all talking about it. And sharing it with friends and on social media.
Only for you to discover from the data that almost nobody read the full story.
A bit humbling, isn’t it?
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With so much information coming at us all the time, our brains can’t process it all.
We fill in the world with patterns, says graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton.
And what we see is what we expect.
At her 13-minute The art of paying attention talk at TEDMonterey 2021, MacNaughton showed attendees a trick for rewiring their brain into looking again: by drawing each other.
Continue reading Wendy MacNaughton: The Art of Paying Attention [TED Talk]
Whether in person, or through text messaging, social media platforms, or video conference calls, we have more options than ever to connect with each other.
But ideologically and politically, it seems people are further apart than in the past.
No matter if you’re in a business conversation, discussion with a family member, or chatting with a neighbor, you’re often confronted with information that challenges your point of view.
Continue reading Julia Dhar: How to Have Constructive Conversations [TED Video]