The Importance of Meaningful Conversations in Democracy

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This chapter explores the significance of conversation and persuasion in democracies, emphasizing the need to engage in meaningful conversations with people from different perspectives and not write them off. It discusses the challenge of dehumanizing those with different views and the negative impact it has on engaging in productive conversations. The chapter also highlights the complexities of inviting someone into a new community when they have been perceived as causing harm to that community in the past.

In an era of polarization, we’ve lost the art of gathering, listening, and connecting across divides. How can we rediscover the power of discourse to build mutual understanding?

Priya Parker, Anand Giridharadas, and Jonah Berger reveal simple but transformative tools to help us relearn how to truly listen, relate, and influence. Through stories and guidance, we uncover how to create spaces for bearing witness to shared humanity, open minds and hearts through persuasive conversation, and choose words that connect rather than divide. Join us as we uncover a path back to empathy, dignity, and healing in our fractured world.

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