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Oliver Burkeman explores how society has become increasingly polorized, and why people are increasingly hostile to others who disagree even in the mildest way. Show more
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In this series, Oliver Burkeman has discovered the reasons why nuance is declining in the modern age. For the New Year, he wants to find out how we could restore it. Show more
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Oliver Burkeman explores how both natural selection and the construction of modern society suppress nuanced thinking. Show more
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Oliver Burkeman explores how language may actually limit our capacity for nuanced thought - depending on how we choose to use it. Show more
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Oliver Burkeman explores what it means to be a moderate, in an age when proclaiming to be a moderate is likely to annoy people on both sides of the political divide Show more
