🧠 Polymathic Perspective 15 |The World Peace Is Impossible Lie| Dov Baron

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Dov Baron explores the paradox of increased connectivity leading to greater division and the role of curiosity in fostering understanding.

Confronting The World Peace Is Impossible, Lie! What if a Specific Kind of Curiosity Is the Cure for Global Dividedness? Show Notes What if the greatest threat to peace isn't hatred… but certainty? In this episode of The Polymathic Perspective Podcast, Dov Baron examines a paradox defining our time: We are more connected than any humans in history… And yet more divided than ever. Drawing on neuroscience, social psychology, history, and real-world conflict, this episode explores why access to information has not created understanding, why speed has replaced depth, and how the human addiction to certainty is quietly fueling division at every level, from families to nations. At the center of this conversation is a powerful idea: Generous curiosity. Not curiosity that seeks to confirm what we already believe, but curiosity that is willing to question identity, slow down judgment, and remain open long enough to discover the humanity behind opposing perspectives. In This Episode • Why connection does not equal understanding • How the attention economy amplifies outrage over wisdom • The psychological roots of binary thinking and tribal division • Why certainty is often mistaken for…

People in this episode

Host: Dov Baron

Topics covered

• world peace
• curiosity
• division
• understanding
• empathy
• leadership

Keywords

• world peace
• curiosity
• division
• empathy
• neuroscience
• social psychology
• binary thinking

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