"I think our thesis is that humans are pretty awesome and if given the opportunity, will really look to find common ground because biologically that actually gives us a lot more happiness,"
"I think the opportunity to have civil discourse in a time where there's so much polarization is important for people. I think people want to experience a unifying thing and these conversations can be unifying."
"Not really anything political, really, but it was kind of interesting to just see what's going over there right now,"
A pair of pay phones links callers between San Francisco's Mission District and Abilene, Texas, connecting each caller to a stranger across the political divide. Signs on the phones invite users to "Call a Republican" in San Francisco and "Call a Democrat" in Abilene to connect the most liberal and most conservative cities. The devices were installed outside a tattoo shop on Valencia Street and a downtown bookstore in Abilene. Conversations have ranged from autonomous vehicles to party affiliation, and local business owners describe the project as an opportunity for civil, unifying discourse amid polarization.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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