num_pages: 272
description: From politics and religion to workplace negotiations ace the high-stakes conversations in your life with this indispensable guide from a persuasion expert.In our current political climate it seems impossible to have a reasonable conversation with anyone who has a different opinion. Whether you're online in a classroom an office a town hallor just hoping to get through a family dinner with a stubborn relativedialogue shuts down when perspectives clash. Heated debates often lead to insults and shaming blocking any possibility of productive discourse. Everyone seems to be on a hair trigger.In How to Have Impossible Conversations  Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay guide you through the straightforward practical conversational techniques necessary for every successful conversation  whether the issue is climate change religious faith gender identity race poverty immigration or gun control. Boghossian and Lindsay teach the subtle art of instilling doubts and opening minds. They cover everything from learning the fundamentals for good conversations to achieving expert-level techniques to deal with hardliners and extremists. This book is the manual everyone needs to foster a climate of civility connection and empathy.This is a self-help book on how to argue effectively conciliate and gently persuade. The authors admit to getting it wrong in their own past conversations. One by one I recognize the same mistakes in me. The world would be a better place if everyone read this book. Richard Dawkins author of Science in the Soul and Outgrowing God
language: English
title: How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide
publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books