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In this episode, we examine how echo chambers form—not through ignorance, but through efficiency. “When the Forest Grows Inward” explores how schema, motivated reasoning, confirmation bias, and modern information systems reinforce familiar ideas until cognitive forests grow dense and inward-facing.

Drawing from cognitive psychology, learning science, and modern media research, the episode explains why correction alone fails, why safety precedes openness, and how rigid schema emerge when systems reward sameness over curiosity. We explore how echo chambers feel protective before they feel limiting, and why relational trust is essential for change.

This episode offers a compassionate, science-grounded lens for understanding polarization, resistance, and cognitive entrenchment.

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