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    Exploring David Brooks' insights on overcoming our 'epidemic of blindness' and learning to truly see each other in an age of bad generalizations and democratic crisis.

    Learning to See: David Brooks on Human Connection

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    The core problem in our society is that people don't feel seen or understood. The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something—to move from the prison of individualism to a life of other-centered commitment and service.

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