Pro-social media tries to correct that. Community-driven curation, like Community Notes, or specialized platforms such as the MIT-based “Cortico,” can surface surprising common ground. In Taiwan, we use Pol.is for textual sensemaking; Cortico can do it with audio, creating “medleys” that let people hear clips from diverse participants. When you realize how others feel—and that you share more than you thought—it’s powerful.

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