We don’t want to burden ourselves with conversations that stress us out or scare us. On the other hand, we can’t just avoid each other all the time, or treat every exchange with someone who doesn’t see things our way like some high-stakes showdown. All that just blinds us, reducing our world to whatever’s contained in the solid walls of our silos. So as we start to reach, we need to find some purchase with each other’s perspectives. We need to get a grip.
