Is There a Way to Make the Internet More Like Debate?

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Don't follow people because you agree with their answers. Follow them because you respect the intellectual integrity that they bring to their questions. Because divergent opinions stimulate more thorough processing. They widen our field of vision. That's a healthy dynamic to establish, even if the content of what's being raised is not correct in the moment. We don't want debate to have a winner and a loser. we t it to look more like a dance where, you know, we're constantly stepping forward, stepping backward, side stepping.

How to manage procrastination according to Margaret Atwood, how to work around your first-instinct fallacy, the upsides of imposter syndrome, the best way to avoid falling prey to the Dunning-Kruger effect, how to avoid thinking like a preacher, prosecutor, or politician so you can think like a scientist instead – and that’s just the beginning of the conversation in this episode with psychologist, podcast host, and author Adam Grant.

In the show, we discuss both his new book – Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know – and his TED Original Podcast, WorkLife, in which he interviewed Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale, to learn how she deals with the constant allure of social media and streaming videos in a future where giving in to procrastination is easier than it has ever been.

In the show, you’ll hear portions of that interview followed by a lengthy interview with Grant about his new book in this all-over-the-place, extensive exploration of how to rethink your own thinking.

Link to get a free ticket to the online event we call The Conversation Lab: https://www.mishaglouberman.com/convolab-may3

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