How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division

★★★★ // a short but insightful read about the troubles of divide intensified by the pandemic and widespread misinformation. i find the first part most interesting as it talks about the inability or lack of opportunity for some to have their voices heard. knowledge becomes so limited and controlled by a small group of people that it leaves no room for the minority to be heard, so people just choose to be silent. we will probably never go back to the way we were before, but the book challenges us to continue listening to the stories and to never get tired of getting a deeper and better understanding of others. ”It is mostly through stories that we learn to think, perceive, feel and remember the world in a more nuanced and reflective way. As we gain a better understanding of the struggles of people from different backgrounds, and start to imagine lives beyond the one we are living, we recognise the complexity and richness of identities and the damage we do to ourselves and to others when we seek to reduce them to a single defining characteristic.”

A great little book that walks us one of the most compassionate and brilliant minds alive today. “Stories bring us together, untold stories keep us apart.”