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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

TED’s Chris Anderson on the lessons of listening

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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The Importance of Context in Debates

"I think debates are often public performances where your side wants to win and the other side wants you to lose," she says. "It feels to me that we put so much energy into the content of our arguments, but we don't put that muchEnergy into the context of them." She's not sure how a speaker or writer can break out of it.

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