I really appreciate your transparency and writing about this subject . I find posting and reading comments is both cathartic and educational .
I have written to politicians but after a while that feels like yelling at the wall in my basement . I go to demonstrations , which are empowering because I realize in a tangible way that I am not alone .
But writing online can be rewarding in unexpected ways . I can write something I think is a profound insight , and it can sit unnoticed if it is the wrong place and time . I can write an offhand remark and it will resonate with dozens of people .
I can state something I think is obvious and find that I offended someone .
( learn my own blind spots or faulty assumptions . Or learn to choose my words more carefully !).
And I can exercise my reasoning and grasp of the facts when arguing .
In the end I find my favorite interactions are the ones where I connect with someone who sees what I have been seeing .
Its true - the arguments - it is very rare to “ win “- no one wants to change their mind or admit they are wrong publicly . The best I hope for is to discredit certain lines of argument with facts and common sense .
Thanks for all your excellent work and advancing public discourse on this subject !
Your point on 95% either really hating or loving it is so true and sanely that means the sponges who are interested to learn are very few. At the same time this is a topic you see a lot in the news but the average person actually knows very little (regardless of which side they are on). So how do we reach more people (especially with a mainstream media that is not interested in informing the public)? Is it just pushing through and informing one person at a time and hoping that within a generation we shifted peoples thinking or is there another way?
For me it’s 100% one person at a time. But that’s how everything is in life. A good family, a good business, a good school, a good neighborhood. One person at a time and then suddenly…
I really appreciate your transparency and writing about this subject . I find posting and reading comments is both cathartic and educational .
I have written to politicians but after a while that feels like yelling at the wall in my basement . I go to demonstrations , which are empowering because I realize in a tangible way that I am not alone .
But writing online can be rewarding in unexpected ways . I can write something I think is a profound insight , and it can sit unnoticed if it is the wrong place and time . I can write an offhand remark and it will resonate with dozens of people .
I can state something I think is obvious and find that I offended someone .
( learn my own blind spots or faulty assumptions . Or learn to choose my words more carefully !).
And I can exercise my reasoning and grasp of the facts when arguing .
In the end I find my favorite interactions are the ones where I connect with someone who sees what I have been seeing .
Its true - the arguments - it is very rare to “ win “- no one wants to change their mind or admit they are wrong publicly . The best I hope for is to discredit certain lines of argument with facts and common sense .
Thanks for all your excellent work and advancing public discourse on this subject !
Thanks for the kind words.
Your point on 95% either really hating or loving it is so true and sanely that means the sponges who are interested to learn are very few. At the same time this is a topic you see a lot in the news but the average person actually knows very little (regardless of which side they are on). So how do we reach more people (especially with a mainstream media that is not interested in informing the public)? Is it just pushing through and informing one person at a time and hoping that within a generation we shifted peoples thinking or is there another way?
For me it’s 100% one person at a time. But that’s how everything is in life. A good family, a good business, a good school, a good neighborhood. One person at a time and then suddenly…