Day 2 of the NaPodPoMo 2025 challenge — 30 episodes in 30 days — exploring how we bridge our divides.
Yesterday, we started with the basics: What is bridging?Today, we take on one of the biggest obstacles to it.
In a world where outrage pays, being loud, extreme, or polarizing gets you clicks, followers, and attention. So if that’s the incentive structure, how can we possibly expect people to build bridges instead of walls?
That’s the question we explore today — from a real participant at the Bridging Movement Summit:
We are incentivized to be outrageous — that’s how you get influence and attention. How do we make the incentives point toward bridge building?
We turn to Dr. Paul Resnick, a leading researcher on online behavior and algorithms, for insight into how we might shift incentives toward connection rather than division.
🎙️ Featuring:
* Dr. Paul Resnick, University of Michigan School of Information — on designing healthier digital systems and reducing online outrage incentives.
This is Day 2 of a month-long journey answering real questions from real people about what it takes to bridge our divides — one expert, one question, one bite at a time.
