I've been thinking a lot about this quote from dystopian sci-fi writer, Philip K. Dick: "Unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities. Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” 1/5

If you're looking for truth—not something that fits a pre-existing narrative—you'll be open to what *actually happens*, open to learning about other peoples' experiences. Winning an argument doesn't change reality. Winning the narrative battle doesn't actually solve problems. 2/5

Narrative is important and everybody's story matters. But I think we've gotten to the point where if the narrative we believe doesn't match the outcomes we're seeing we move on—we'd rather believe the narrative we want to believe than what we're seeing with our own eyes. 3/5

I'm convinced that, to move past this, each of us need to work extra hard to be curious about each other, to be kind, sympathetic and empathetic, to be humble, to always be looking for *truth*—to not cherry-pick facts that prop up our own, well-constructed, pseudo-realities. 4/5

One way to get past all this pseudo-realistic noise is to choose to work directly on problems instead of engaging ceaselessly in rhetorical battles to figure out who's right about outcomes we can't predict. Our actions—not our arguments—produce outcomes. 5/5