{"id":2690,"date":"2024-09-25T21:46:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T21:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/?p=2690"},"modified":"2024-09-26T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T16:00:18","slug":"from-contempt-to-connection-how-curiosity-transforms-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/2024\/09\/25\/from-contempt-to-connection-how-curiosity-transforms-us\/","title":{"rendered":"From Contempt to Connection: How Curiosity Transforms Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI had all these assumptions about who a Trump voter was. I thought they were uneducated. You know, sort of where, you know, mostly in rural places, you know, I had all these sort of stereotypes, right? And when I actually went to a Trump rally in Minnesota, I just learned that that wasn\u2019t the case at all. <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2014 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scott Shigeoka on the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 Geniuses<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> podcast<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the latest episode of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/2024\/08\/21\/debate-without-hate-podcast-series-navigate-divisive-election\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDebate Without Hate: Elections 2024,\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Scott Shigeoka, author of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> talks about the power of genuine curiosity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Scott Shigeoka - Curiosity: The Antidote for Political Division\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zgutInkhsxQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scott encourages us to question our assumptions about the people and events around us. Our divided society often pushes us to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/2024\/05\/29\/toxic-polarization-caused-by-addiction-to-negativity\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assume the worst<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about those who think differently from us: \u201cI don\u2019t think most people really know what they assume or what their biases are or what their certainties are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curiosity helps push back against this tendency. It encourages us to ask more thoughtful questions and dig deeper to understand others. However, Scott warns against \u201cpredatory curiosity,\u201d where questions are asked not to understand, but to mock. For example, comedian Jordan Klepper attends Trump rallies to find and highlight the most extreme opinions. Scott explains that while that might seem like curiosity, the goal is to catch people off guard and make them look foolish.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same thing happens on the other side; some attend liberal events or browse left-leaning social media, looking for ways to make liberals seem ridiculous. These approaches may provoke laughs and judgment from the intended audience, but it also reinforces stereotypes. These are examples of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seeming <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to be curious while <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">actually <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increasing partisan animosity with derision.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scott reminds us that every political group has uninformed members. While we may strongly disagree with certain views, it\u2019s important to remember that individuals do not represent an entire group. Mocking people on the \u201cthe other side\u201d only deepens our divides and fuels contempt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode, Scott talks about embracing curiosity and empathy while holding onto our political views and beliefs \u2014 an essential conversation as the presidential election approaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zgutInkhsxQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch this <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 Geniuses<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> episode now<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to stay in the loop about efforts to overcome toxic divisions? <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/join\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign up for our newsletter<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI had all these assumptions about who a Trump voter was. 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