Title: How to Have Impossible Conversations Pdf A Very Practical Guide
Author: Peter Boghossian
Published Date: 2019-09-17
Page: 288
"This is a self-help book on how to argue effectively, conciliate, 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"In a Free Republic there would be no 'impossible conversations', which begs the question: are we truly free anymore? After reading, listening and conversing with Peter and James, I am convinced that they are the Galileo's, I. Kant and even William Tynsdale of our time."―Glenn Beck"I thought I knew all I needed to know about conversations and arguments. I was wrong. I just knew a lot about debates and rows. In their insightful and highly readable new book, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay offer all kinds of ingenious pathways to constructive dialogue. At a time when public discourse has degenerated into mud-slinging and when campuses favour every kind of diversity except viewpoint diversity, this is an invaluable contribution. I guarantee that reading it will make you more -- much more -- persuasive."―Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford"In these polarized times, people live inside social media echo chambers of their own extremism, growing ever more self-righteous. This smart, scientifically grounded book, teeming with social and emotional wisdom, teaches how to break that isolation and effectively converse with someone with very different opinions. It will make you more adept at challenging, even changing, someone's beliefs, biases and sacred values. And it might even pave the way for making some of those changes yourself."―Robert Sapolsky, John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor of Neurology and of Neurosurgery, Stanford University"Drs. Boghossian and Lindsay offer critical advice regarding how to talk about contentious issues in today's political climate. How to Have Impossible Conversations is a necessary guide to navigating disagreements -- and building bridges -- using approaches backed by evidence and science."―Debra W. Soh, Ph.D., science columnist and political commentator"This fascinating book provides not only useful instruction on how to talk with someone who thinks differently, it also offers a powerful method of questioning and reducing confidence in unsubstantiated beliefs to help people think about what is true."―Helen Pluckrose, Editor, Areo Magazine"In the course of my work over the past quarter century I have been having impossible conversations with Holocaust deniers, creationists, anti-vaccination advocates, 9/11 Truthers, chemtrail conspiracy theorists, believers in astrology and ESP, proponents of alternative medicine, religious fundamentalists of many faiths, and dozens more people with whom I disagree vehemently. I've gotten pretty good at it but I had no idea what I was doing until I read How to Have Impossible Conversations, a sterling compendium of the most effective techniques of communication. I wish I'd had this important book at the start of my career as I would have saved myself many a fruitless dialogue. This book is the start of healing our contentious and divided age."―Michael Shermer, Publisher Skeptic magazine, Presidential Fellow Chapman University, author of Why People Believe Weird Things, The Moral Arc, and Heavens on Earth, and for 18 years a monthly columnist for Scientific American"We live in a time when discussing controversial issues, even with good friends, is becoming almost impossible. Peter and James have written an indispensable roadmap to prevent us from heading off the cliff."―Dave Rubin, The Rubin Report"We have arrived at an impasse. It is everywhere, and feels permanent. As algorithms steer our attention, we are each locked within a warren of echo chambers. Each day, this digital water we swim in causes a deepening entrenchment of our beliefs, and a growing willingness to caricature our opponents. When forced into contact with the other, we are repelled, indignant. How could anyone be so stupid? And we are shocked to discover the one thing that unites us with them is that they feel exactly the same way in return! It is not hard to spot the danger in this dynamic. It undermines the most basic logic of democracy, and threatens to derange the west, if not the world. But Boghossian and Lindsay have drawn up a plan to bridge the divide. They have bottled an antidote: A how to guide for talking to the enemy. Each drawing on decades of experience having impossible conversations, the authors have written what may be the ultimate instruction manual for crossing enemy lines and living to tell the tale. And not a moment too soon."―Bret Weinstein, PhD"There are two ways to participate in civil conversations in our hyper-politicized age -- build a time machine, or read this book."―Marc Andreessen, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz Peter Boghossian is a full time faculty member in the philosophy department at Portland State University and an affiliated faculty member at Oregon Health Science University in the Division of General Internal Medicine. He is a national speaker for the Center of Inquiry and an international speaker for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. He is the author of A Manual for Creating Atheists. He lives in Portland, Oregon. James Lindsay holds degrees in physics and mathematics, with a doctorate in the latter. He has authored two previous books: Everybody is Wrong about God and Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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 hall -- or just hoping to get through a family dinner with a stubborn relative -- dialogue 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.
Actionable advice backed by rigorous research I've found this book's advice to be hugely helpful for my communication with coworkers. After reading and applying only the first the 3 chapters of the book, I found my interactions at work to be much more productive. Coworkers and I are on the same page, and we're often able to formulate useful, actionable plans together.Many of the principles have also been helpful in improving my communication with my 5 year old daughter (!), my mother, my wife and my father-in-law.All-in-all, I'm inclined to think I was probably a chronic case who desperately needed the advice in this book, but I would be surprised if there wasn't something useful in it for everyone.The later chapters have more advanced material that requires practice. The end of the book is filled with citations that are also often very helpful for finding more ideas and specific advice.The rigor behind this book can not be understated.Love it This is an incredibly important and timely book. Peter Boghossian follows up on techniques he developed for his previous book, "A Manual for Creating Atheists", designed to help people have meaningful conversations even in our current climate of division. In particular, Boghossion wants to allow people to reach out to people they disagree with - and see them not as evil to be beaten, but as different perspectives which can make for a rich conversation. This is an incredible message, and I wish this book could be in every classroom.In short, Boghossian and James Lindsay are developing Peter's idea of "street epistemology". This is an adaptation of the Socratic method - or learning to question people's assertions. Through asking asking questions, and showing genuine interest, Peter believes you can achieve more in a conversation.Suppose you're talking to someone, and you find out they have a political belief you don't like. Maybe you voted for Hillary and they voted for Trump. You could call them an idiot, but most likely all that's going to do is reinforce their preconceptions about what Hillary supporters act like. Instead, you could ask them sensible questions - such as "Why did you vote for Trump?" or "Was there a specific issue you felt Trump was stronger on?". Now you're having a real, honest conversation. Peter's belief - backed up by tons of readers trying his methods and reporting their results - is that these conversations are how you change minds and grow communities.In an era of so-called cancel culture, where being perceived to hold an incorrect belief can lead to the loss of your social circle or even your job, the authors are hoping to bridge the divide and make a space for people to talk. I think this is massively important."How to Have Impossible Conversations" is well-written, clear, and to the point. This isn't a thousand-page self-help book where a note card worth of ideas is stretched out to an entire novel. This book gives a chapter to each of its points, introducing concepts and giving you specific examples of how to apply them to conversation, and it moves on. This is essentially another field manual from Boghossian, designed to be put into practice today. I love it, and I wish more authors would learn from the format.Entertaining, prescient, and important In a year when political, cultural, and ethical divisions seem to be wearing so many people down, this book offers a refreshing solution. How to have difficult conversations - political, religious, personal, whatever the subject matter, Boghossian and Lindsay have put together a step-by-step guide that helps anyone navigate those sometimes hazardous waters. Seven fundamentals for good conversation. Nine ways to change minds. Fives skills for particularly emotional subjects - this book is full of practical information.I read a lot of non-fiction, but rarely do I find something so useful, that is at the same time so entertaining and. fun to read.I strongly recommend this book.
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