CNN's John Sutter talks to CNN iReport about empathy and the search for truth. "I really try to avoid triggering defensiveness because I think it just brings the conversation to a very unuseful place very quickly," he says. The pair also talk about how their work has been affected by race, gender and other issues.
Read the full transcript here.
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?
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