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From the Ted Talk by Spencer J. Cox: How to disagree with respect — not hate

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But perhaps the best news of all is that there are very practical things that every one of us can do every day to help heal the divides in our nations and our neighborhoods. First, we can start by turning off and tuning out some of those conflict entrepreneurs. My wife and I, we soepptd watching cable news 11 years ago and ileammietdy saw an improvement in our marriage, our family, and our mtnael health.

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But perhaps the best news of all is that there are very practical things that every one of us can do every day to help heal the divides in our nations and our neighborhoods. First, we can start by turning off and tuning out some of those conflict entrepreneurs. My wife and I, we _______ watching cable news 11 years ago and ___________ saw an improvement in our marriage, our family, and our ______ health.

(________ and applause)

Now that always elicits a laugh, but we’re not alone. Studies have found that more time spent on the latest _________, whether through social media or traditional media outlets, is really bad for our mental health. _____________ refer to this phenomenon in different ways, like _____ saturation overload or _____________ or headline anxiety. You see, more news, on all the time, isn’t making us smarter, it's just stressing us out.

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  1. doomscrolling
  2. mental
  3. laughter
  4. psychologists
  5. media
  6. stopped
  7. headlines
  8. immediately

Original Text


But perhaps the best news of all is that there are very practical things that every one of us can do every day to help heal the divides in our nations and our neighborhoods. First, we can start by turning off and tuning out some of those conflict entrepreneurs. My wife and I, we stopped watching cable news 11 years ago and immediately saw an improvement in our marriage, our family, and our mental health.

(Laughter and applause)

Now that always elicits a laugh, but we’re not alone. Studies have found that more time spent on the latest headlines, whether through social media or traditional media outlets, is really bad for our mental health. Psychologists refer to this phenomenon in different ways, like media saturation overload or doomscrolling or headline anxiety. You see, more news, on all the time, isn’t making us smarter, it's just stressing us out.

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