A short excerpt from a YouTube video (by Nate Tilley) arguing that listening to people from different places builds empathy, worldly knowledge, and connection. The speaker emphasizes shared human needs, using tools (e.g., Google Maps) and cultural questions to understand others and help them feel seen.
People are the same all over the world. We all have the fundamental need. Being exposed to all of those things and those nuances to human characteristics. It just teaches you more than anything ever can how incredible that is and how worldly that that makes you. Every person that you speak to, you bring up Google Maps, you have a look at where they're located in the world. You ask them about their culture. Being able to have that tapestry of knowledge around geography and about humans and cultures. You can get dropped into any environment and you can empathize with people and really understand who they are. They feel seen and hear like, oh, they light up and they get really happy, and it's just. It keeps things fresh and you really realize how small the world is.
