How to Be a Better Listener on Twitter

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I get somewhat riled up by Twitter for sure. I think it's partly just not being clear enough about who I am. In my own case, one thing that helps is that I don't view anyone as like on the opposing team. And so because there's no opposing team, there's no like, oh, that's the bad guys. They're saying that's the thing. Yeah, I will try to be more like that. Well, this is a good segue. So when we were first prototyping the show, I suggested doing some experiments with different kinds of conversations, including one more jokey inflammatory kind of conversation. And you were not having it at all.

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Is it possible to be both agreeable and skeptical in conversations? How can you give feedback and challenge people constructively without triggering their automatic self-defense mechanisms? More generally, how can you challenge people intellectually without riling them up emotionally? What skills are needed to be able to have detailed, productive conversations across a wide range of topics? How can you push through plateaus in the process of self-improvement? What are podcasts as a medium good for?

Find more about Spencer through his website, spencergreenberg.com.

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