How Can We Break Our Addiction to Contempt? (Update)
Episode
40 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Relationships, Leadership
AI-Generated Summary
What It Covers
Arthur Brooks argues America faces a contempt crisis driven by media addiction and proposes fighting political polarization through love-based leadership strategies.
Notable Moment
Brooks admits his love-based political strategy has backfired spectacularly, joking that his warmheartedness campaign has made him despised by everyone.
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