Conversation One Instructions

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When you go into a conversation do not think about what you're going to get out of it. And I have to make room for you because otherwise it's a monologue. So many things are getting in the way of some of how we allow space for the unpredictability of conversation, including how many of our conversations now are on zoom. When you work remotely, you get together on a zoom right and you have to have an agenda to structure how you move through things. But yeah we're finding ourselves in this place where we're so busy We've got so much going on we're on our phones we've got a lot, lot to do.

In our highly polarized times, everyone seems obsessed with the truth: what is it, who has it, and which side's got it all wrong. What we don't seem to care about, says journalist Monica Guzman, is the truth behind perspectives other than our own. Listen as Guzman and host Russ Roberts discuss Guzman's book I Never Thought of It That Way, a call to get interested in the people behind the positions, and the experiences, hopes, and fears that lead to their beliefs. Guzman and Roberts also discuss the role of great questions in sparking meaningful conversations, and how we can not only get along with, but even learn from, those with whom we ardently disagree.