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Relationships 2.0: How To Keep Conflict From Spiraling

Hidden Brain

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Why You Shouldn't Use Moral Language

When people spend time articulating their opponents' point of view, it actually makes it more likely that they are going to be heard in turn. I think there's probably two reasons why it works. One is how it just feels terrible to have, you know, bad ideas out in the world and how we just want to bat them down. The other is that most of these conversations are very unpleasant. We go from this, like, how fast can I say my piece because this is all about to explode to let's have a long thoughtful, drawn-out conversation about this.

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