We’ve become terrible at talking to each other. You can be crammed on a bus, inches away from someone, and it is socially acceptable, socially preferable, to stare off into space or be zoned in on your smart phone trying to beat the next level of Candy Crush. When we don’t talk to each other, we rely on stereotypes to form our opinions of others. Yes stereotypes are based on truth and can be funny when we don thick-rimmed black glasses and suspenders to portray a nerd for Halloween. But, they become dangerous when we use them to profile whole groups of people because of the way they look or the clothes they wear. They lead to fear and hate. We need to stop this cycle. We need to talk to each other. To hear each other’s stories. We need an intervention.