In the U.S. particularly, I think this is not an inevitable clash of values. As with other countries, this is a symptom of antisocial technology designed to amplify division. In Plurality, my co-authors and I argue that we can build pro-social media as an infrastructure that does not force people to agree, but guides them toward finding “uncommon ground,” or surprising common ground—a rough consensus.

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