A Better Conversation Than Social Media
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I once hoped that Facebook and Twitter would enable better conversations among strangers trying to think through our complicated world together. And I’ve learned a lot and interacted with wonderful people on social media. But many of the most thoughtful people I know no longer engage there. It is too hostile, too time-consuming, and too influenced by outrage and bad actors.
Let’s converse here instead.
In this newsletter, I’ll highlight especially timely and interesting conversations, so keeping up with smart entries in our sprawling public discourse is less of a time suck. Then I’ll pose questions or suggest topics to readers, pore over the ensuing responses, and publish the best of the correspondence a few days later. Feel encouraged to email me whenever you have anything to say.
My address is Conor@theatlantic.com, or you can reply to any newsletter you receive via email.
The hope is to create a growing community of curious readers who are wildly diverse but united by a belief in the value of free, constructive discourse. We’ll seek truth, laugh in the process, better understand one another’s perspectives, and try to add more
