"Our celebration of difference needs to extend to differences of values and belief, too. Diversity includes political and cultural diversity. It includes a diversity of perspectives and approaches to solving problems. See, it’s far too easy, with social media shaping our interactions, to engage only with people with whom we already agree — members of our tribe. Well, this world is and must be bigger than that. ... To let yourself be vulnerable to another point of view — that’s what takes true courage. To open yourself to another’s convictions, and risk being convinced, a little, or a lot, of the validity of their perspective."
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Encouraging graduates to be open to healthy debate, in his commencement address to the Class of 2018 at New York University (16 May 2018) · Video at YouTube
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Justin Trudeau
Justin Pierre James Trudeau (born 25 December 1971) is a Canadian politician who served as the 23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025 and was the leader of the Liberal Party from 2013 to his resignation. Trudeau was the second-youngest Canadian prime minister after Joe Clark and the first to be related to a previous holder of the post, as the eldest son of Pierre Trudeau.
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