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#51 Celeste Headlee: The Dying Art of Conversation

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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How Do We Have a National Conversation?

Politicians are always talking about the national conversation now, which is bogus. We don't really u i haven't seen any actual evidence of a productive national conversation yet. The father of listening, Ralph Nichols, who made listening his field of research for at least half a century,. His takeaway basically was that human beings are terrible listeners. It's just heart hower wired. Your survival depends on how successful you are at being lowd to get the attention of an adult who will help you. And and we struggle to really listen.

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