Proactive Communication: How to Find Your Boundaries

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"I think this pops up a lot. See other people can be posts in your field and you're a post in other people's fields, right? Like your needs, your boundaries, your reactions, that sort of thing," she says. "One way is to sort of feel your way forward until you hit a boundary and get, you know, a response." She adds: "Another way is to just sort of reach out and ask people at a time like, oh, I think I might be getting close to your boundaries here".

Why do "antagonistic" teachers exist in popular culture but not in the classroom? What happens to student outcomes when "antagonistic" learning is implemented in real classrooms? What is the Field Theory of Parenting? What are things that we can do for others but can't do for ourselves? How can we notice and utilize costly and unfakeable signals? What is the core definition of civilization? How can we influence others ethically? Is explicit communication always better than implicit?

Duncan wants to leave the universe noticeably different than it was before he arrived, and he's currently trying to do this through making things and teaching people. He has a background in LEGO, parkour, and middle grades education, and is easily manipulated by people quoting Ender's Game. You can find out more about him at thirdfoundation.github.io.

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