“We end up in bubbles with very narrow bands of language and experience that too often slip into individualistic self-interest,” Shriver says. “You talk to people who know and like you and think like you, and you don’t talk to other people. It’s a pursuit of safety and belonging that is more likely to be a recipe for loneliness and fear that is too often directed against some other. And sadly, the narrower the bubbles we live in, the more that fear and hatred of others grow, making the work of justice and peace almost impossible.”
― The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life
― The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life
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