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Phil discusses the difficulty of critical thinking. Micah and K Sera also talk about pets!

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K Sera's after thoughts:

- It’s good to leave your echo chambers every once in a while. It’s also good to travel outside of your community and your country on occasion. Be a guest in someone else’s land. After your travels, it’s okay to return home, or alternatively, to move.

- Friends shouldn’t be your “cabinet of adversaries” unless you have long-standing trust and your friendship can handle the strain of disagreement. Mostly, friends should have your back and share your core values. Surrounding yourself with other perspectives is healthy, but if your inner values and philosophies don’t align at least in a few fundamental areas, you won’t have a very strong friendship. The best you can hope for is to have a civil and professional relationship with the people who don’t share your core values. You may not trust or relax fully with those people, but you can still potentially do business or be respectful neighbors. 

- There are definitely people you don’t want to be your neighbors, though… some people are just assholes and certain fundamental values have no compromises.

Phil's after thoughts:

- I assume I am normal. I am starting to have my doubts.

- That being said, I do have trust issues when talking about silly and serious things to people I know. There is a certain level of trust that I need before I can feel open to talk about serious and silly things. I am certain that everyone has this barrier too. I also agree with K Sera that it is far easier to develop trust with people that have the same core values. I do wonder if that is how echo chambers are created.