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Made it through the intro to get to chapter 1. :-)
The author describes being able to have productive disagreements as a superpower, one that levels up all your other skills. There is an overview of the coming 8 skills to be covered, with a promise of 3 important results: disagreements won't be frustrating; fewer repetitive disagreements; your world will get bigger (fewer ideas you must avoid).
— Jan 25, 2021 12:29PM
The author describes being able to have productive disagreements as a superpower, one that levels up all your other skills. There is an overview of the coming 8 skills to be covered, with a promise of 3 important results: disagreements won't be frustrating; fewer repetitive disagreements; your world will get bigger (fewer ideas you must avoid).
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David
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Exploring how the spaces where we experience conflict can shape those conflicts. Noting how different cultures (like Japanese of his mother's background) deal with situations differently, based on the history of the culture. Solzhenitsyn is quoted prominently, about the line between good and evil passing through every human heart (ie the problem is not just "out there").
— Feb 17, 2021 08:39AM
David
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"Build arguments together" can allow both sides to include their perspective and have their issues addressed. I must admit the idea of getting together with people on opposite sides of an issue I care about deeply to try to hash out possible actions did not make me excited to try it, though it did sound like a reasonably productive activity.
— Feb 15, 2021 11:18AM
David
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In the chapter about asking interesting questions, which is using existence of ghosts as its example. As a skeptic of spirits I'm struggling a bit with it, but he got a wide range of responses from friends and family he asked about it!
— Feb 08, 2021 03:38PM
David
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Here in Develop Honest Bias it talks about some of the many biases humans have and some strategies for trying to overcome them. A mantra is (IIRC) discomfort is key for my growth, and desirable.
Lots of examples taken from Amazon and Jeff Bezos.
— Feb 02, 2021 06:33PM
Lots of examples taken from Amazon and Jeff Bezos.
David
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In this chapter we've been encouraged to listen to our internal voices of power, reason, avoidance, and possibility. Noting that avoidance may seem good, but it can be a way of just delaying a reckoning. Possibility, or basically asking "What am I missing?" can help us get constructive feedback on our process.
Not sure how that can help a political conversation yet, maybe it can't?
— Jan 27, 2021 03:29PM
Not sure how that can help a political conversation yet, maybe it can't?
David
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Watch for what anxiety has sparked a disagreement, realizing the other person involved may have been sparked by a different facet than you were.
— Jan 26, 2021 11:34AM
