Here's how technology can help reduce political polarization

“They voted for Trump, so obviously we can’t talk about anything.”

“There’s no use reasoning with them; they’re left-wing nuts.”

“Why can’t they see that THEY are the problem?”

This type of extreme political polarization feels ordinary in today’s America. Confident ignorance and self-righteous anger seem normal. Apparently bent on division, we dismiss the other side instead of valuing alternative viewpoints.

These problems are easy to see. The challenge is fixing them.