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When intellectual communities become echo chambers

Three of us have been meeting monthly for two years to discuss books that matter to us, but lately when someone brings up anything that challenges our shared progressive assumptions, there's this uncomfortable silence and we pivot to safer territory.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group committed to genuine inquiry is unconsciously protecting itself from the discomfort of real disagreement.

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