Converging Mind Change Systems: Deep Canvassing, Street Epistemology, and More

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Deep canvassing, street epistemology, and other mind change systems investigated in the book all converge on a similar approach of understanding how people think and connecting with them respectfully. These techniques, including motivational interviewing, share common tenets and methods. It's like building an airplane - regardless of where it's built, it will look like an airplane because it tackles similar challenges. Similarly, in changing minds, techniques address reactants, resistance, justifications, and rationalizations that the brain employs. By navigating these challenges, effective communication can occur.

In celebration of How Minds Change, my new book, turning one-year-old, in this episode Michael Taft interviews David McRaney about how minds do and do not change, the process behind writing a book about that, and what he has learned since writing and promoting it.

Michael is a meditation teacher, bestselling author, and a mindfulness coach – and he specializes in secular, science-based mindfulness training. If you are interested in a science-based, secular book about meditation and and mindfulness, I highly recommend his book,The Mindful Geek, snd I recommend guided meditation with him. He offers that at The Alembic in Berkeley. You can join them virtually, over the internet. Links below.

I also recommend his podcast, Deconstructing Yourself. It is all about entheogens and neurofeedback and brain hacking. If you are a Carl Sagan loving, science endorsing, evidence based sort of person – a nerd, geek, or skeptic or humanist who wants to know more about meditation and deep dive into what we do and do not know about it – that's what his podcast is about. Sam Harris will be a guest on there soon, and I think many of you will love that episode.

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