Mehdi Hasan: How to Argue and Persuade
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
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The Importance of Appealing to People's Emotions
I definitely think you need to get to the source of the problem. And for me, the media is everything. People don't wake up one morning and believe in QAnon. That is something that they imbibe through traveling down rabbit holes online. The same people who say facts don't care about your feelings. Their feelings are more important than facts. You can engage with people emotionally, which is better than engaging with them factually. Even if they're wrong, even if you don't agree with them, you're hearing them out. A lot of people just want to be heard. None of them are easy. There's no silver bullet here, guys, sadly.
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