

Talk to and listen to people around you. Don’t just try to change their minds without first seeing (and convincing them that you see) their point of view. As senseless as this situation seems, people do have their reasons. It’s only when we understand what drives each other that we have a basis for cooperation.
In 1850 it took 35 days to cross the country by rail and they were 11 years away from civil war.
In 2023 it took 3.5 days to cross the country by rail, and we were 1.1 years away from civil war.