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After today, sunlight starts to linger longer in the Northern Hemisphere.聽

It may be hard to find solace in more light. New threats flare around global public health, the U.S. political transition, cybersecurity. There鈥檚 blame and broken discourse.聽

It can be tempting to assemble facts and just keep slinging them.

鈥淏ut facts aren鈥檛 reliably corrective in and of themselves,鈥� , who teaches media and culture at Syracuse University, 鈥渆specially when believers occupy a totally different ideological paradigm as the debunker.鈥�

Addressing journalists for the media-watcher Nieman Lab, Dr. Phillips calls for coming to terms through listening, not just outputting. It鈥檚 a constructive formula for shifting thought.

鈥淲e develop our beliefs through our feelings, not our brains,鈥� in Yes! magazine. 鈥淎nd that鈥檚 how we鈥檙e changed as well: by connecting with others and having an emotional experience.鈥� Ways to get there include wider contact, earned trust, and storytelling.

Can this thinking trickle down? Politico鈥檚 Tim Alberta about the election. This isn鈥檛 dish-and-dash vox pop. Built from recurring chats, his story is an exploration of complexity over caricature. It may even help show a way out of the darkness.

鈥淲e just need leaders with the courage to honestly listen to all sides and try to lead a unified country, rather than push an agenda supported by less than half the country,鈥� a California man told Mr. Alberta. 鈥淚 do have confidence that we can work it out.鈥�