You know when you’re arguing with someone about some hot political issue, but you’re just shouting past one another?
What if you could integrate your different views into a bigger, more accurate picture?
Faces of X is a series of short videos that integrate different perspectives on divisive "culture war" issues — like abortion, gender, race and capitalism. The videos are deliberately simple — first, they steel-man the different perspectives of each issue, and then attempt to articulate a synthesis. But this synthesis isn’t just "both-sides-ism". Both-sides-ism assumes that all sides are equally relevant or valuable, which is rarely true. Synthesis is the act of thinking beyond a seeming dichotomy and viewing a contentious topic from a higher perspective, like stepping off a 2D page to see the shadow of a square and a circle are both true faces of a 3D cylinder. Only by seeing the full picture, can you hope to find truly viable and lasting solutions.
Anyway, if you enjoyed this video, make sure to watch the other Faces of X videos, and share them with someone you love to argue with: [ Ссылка ]
For the script, discussion questions and more, visit the website: [ Ссылка ]
Credits:
Brought to you by: Synthesis Media -
Starring: Liv Boeree
Director: Stephanie Lepp
Script: Stephanie Lepp and Liv Boeree
The line “A tree is worth more dead than alive” - inspired by the words of Daniel Schmachtenberger.
Music
Waltz of the Damned (Solo Piano), by JCar
New Theme 86, by Hays Holladay
Kokobongo, by Alessandro Gugel
Special thanks: Igor Kurganov, Greg Johnstone, Glenn Loury, Jeff Salzman, Carter Phipps, Jim Rutt, Denise Hearn, Nathan Schneider
#Culturewars #Capitalism
