Revisiting the Lost Art of Civil Discourse in a Polarized World

The echo chamber problem and the quest for diverse voices in a new Boost publication

Benjamin Sledge
The Panopticon
Published in
5 min readNov 13, 2023

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In 1992, I campaigned for George H. W. Bush to win the presidency. Not legally, mind you, as I was in 5th grade, but my classroom had been assigned a project revolving around debate to demonstrate how the American…

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Benjamin Sledge
The Panopticon

Multi-award winning author | Combat wounded veteran | Mental health specialist | Occasional geopolitical intel | Graphic designer | https://benjaminsledge.com