Daniel Wolpert’s TED talk explores the exponential nature of tit for tat (or eye for an eye). We underestimate the force we generate when striking others. So when we think we retaliate in kind, the other experiences it as an escalation. They return with greater force and so it goes on. He’s talking about physical force but it applies to insults too, I reckon.
Which explains a heck of a lot about human conflict.
Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan
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Facilitation is often about small, subtle acts of noticing and experimenting
Beyond heroic leadership
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Patti Digh writes a blog that delights me. This post is a case in point. Snippet: I could barely focus on what Donna was saying to me, or her friend
Nancy White observes that We learn (when we listen) when we talk. I suspect we all know this is true but we ignore it in a lot of our processes.
