Slowka 4

Ah! Well, we might like to believe that we're accepting and tolerant of others' beliefs, but for many people it can be difficult to communicate with people who have very different opinions to our own

And this lack of acceptance could be increasing with our use of social media

But some worry that it's becoming more and more common to react with violence when they disagree, than to solve disagreements together peacefully.

So, are we becoming a more divided society?

Paul thinks we should take time to calm down when we feel aroused, which here means to feel anger or strong disagreement

Anger can be motivational and positive emotions actually can be very good for us.

Generally, people make better decisions and are more engaging and more open when they're happier, but much of the time it will be just a case of calming down to try and take some of the heat out of the environment.

Paul says political scientists think the silver bullet is to get offline and meet people. A silver bullet means a simple solution to a complicated problem