Faces Of The Enemy -

To hold two truths in your head at the same time—"This person’s actions are destructive" AND "This person is human"—is the hardest cognitive task we can perform.

Text on screen: SEE THE FACE. BREAK THE CYCLE. VO: The only way to end the war is to refuse to look away. Option 3: Short Essay (Blog/LinkedIn) Title: The Dehumanization Algorithm: Why We Need "Faces Of The Enemy" Faces Of The Enemy

We live in an era of perfect polarization. The algorithms feed us a simple binary: You are good. They are evil. To hold two truths in your head at

VO: We are trained to remove their face. We put a label over it. Radical. Terrorist. Fascist. Snowflake. Once the label sticks, the face disappears. VO: The only way to end the war is to refuse to look away

Text: Look closer at the face you despise. You will find fear—the same shape as yours. You will find a childhood—different clothes, same scraped knees. You will find a heartbeat.