Excellent piece.
Enjoyed it immensely.
BTW, speaking of true communication, here's something I posted awhile back about it. I think you'll like it:
https://steemit.com/communication/@jaichai/ijch-human-communication-the-ultimate-oxymoron
May and yours be well and love today.
Namaste, JaiChai
That piece is really good! I like the part where you suggest that the onus of communication is on you... I think that’s great and it’s definitely what I’m after here.
I think part of the problem though is that current theory suggests that we should always be able to understand the other person... theoretically. Some people (Donald Davidson for example) have championed this belief. They say we can always “argue” as long as we use the right evidence.
I want to be careful when you say that it’s all about listening to the other person because this has been used to sort of diminish the experience of the person that you’re arguing with (by assuming from the get-go that your beliefs are somehow the correct ones). Listening is of course necessary, but I also don’t have the expectation that we will always be able to understand the other person. Sometimes we just need to believe in the validity (and the history) of their beliefs in order to make any progress. So of course listening is important, but so is being able to understand the limited-ness of your own position😊
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Well put, indeed!
Namaste, JaiChai