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And that's not easy to do.
要做到這一點(diǎn)并非易事。
For too many of us, it's become safer to retreat into our own bubbles,
對于很多人來說，躲進(jìn)我們自己的圈子是更安全的，
whether in our neighborhoods or on college campuses, or places of worship, or especially our social media feeds,
這些圈子包括我們的鄰里、大學(xué)校園、教堂或是社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)，
surrounded by people who look like us and share the same political outlook and never challenge our assumptions.
在安全地帶我們周圍盡是和我們相像、有相同政治立場和從不挑戰(zhàn)我們觀點(diǎn)的人。
The rise of naked partisanship, and increasing economic and regional stratification, the splintering of our media into a channel for every taste,
赤裸裸的黨爭、經(jīng)濟(jì)和地域方面不斷攀升的自滿情緒、迎合不同人群造成的媒體間的分裂，
all this makes this great sorting seem natural, even inevitable.
這些都使區(qū)別對待的做法看起來是自然的，甚至是不可避免的。
And increasingly, we become so secure in our bubbles that we start accepting only information,
于是我們在自己的安全地帶越來越感到安心，于是我們開始只接受迎合我們的觀點(diǎn)，
whether it's true or not, that fits our opinions, instead of basing our opinions on the evidence that is out there.
無論這些觀點(diǎn)是對是錯(cuò)，而不是接受那些基于現(xiàn)有證據(jù)的說法。
And this trend represents a third threat to our democracy.
這一趨勢構(gòu)成了對我們民主體制的第三道威脅。
But politics is a battle of ideas.
但是政治就是一場有關(guān)理念的戰(zhàn)斗。
That's how our democracy was designed.
我們的民主體制設(shè)計(jì)便是基于此。
In the course of a healthy debate, we prioritize different goals, and the different means of reaching them.
在針對醫(yī)療方面的爭論中，我們?yōu)椴煌繕?biāo)劃分了優(yōu)先次序并制定了實(shí)現(xiàn)它們的不同方案。
But without some common baseline of facts, without a willingness to admit new information,
但是如果沒有對底線的堅(jiān)守和接受新信息的意愿，
and concede that your opponent might be making a fair point, and that science and reason matter,
如果我們不承認(rèn)我們對手的觀點(diǎn)也許是公正的，不承認(rèn)科學(xué)和理性的重要性，
then we're going to keep talking past each other, and we'll make common ground and compromise impossible.
那么我們便不能實(shí)現(xiàn)真正的溝通，不能相互妥協(xié)并建立共同立場。
