The American Question | movie | 2024 | Official Clip - video Dailymotion

The American Question explores the roots of American polarization and distrust in a quest for unity amidst division. | dG1fVVlJdk5lNXhlSHM

Transcript

00:00We all have cognitive biases as human beings, it's just part of our operating system.

00:06Can we overcome our confirmation bias?

00:09Unless we actually believe that we are susceptible to that error, we're not going to change that.

00:16People recognize that other people are doing it, but very few of us

00:21will actually cop to the idea that we ourselves are susceptible to confirmation bias.

00:27We have to be in a place where we want to listen and where we understand

00:32that that doesn't necessarily threaten our own values and our own views.