Great TED Talks: Creativity: An Unofficial Guide With Words of Wisdom From 100 TED Speakers by Tom May

Author:Tom May [May, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Self-Help, Creativity, Reference, Research, Language Arts & Disciplines, Public Speaking
ISBN: 9781645172154
Google: kXy5DwAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1645172155
Publisher: Portable Press
Published: 2020-05-05T00:00:00+00:00

“YOU NEED TO STEP OUTSIDE OF THAT TINY, TERRIFIED SPACE OF RIGHTNESS AND LOOK AROUND AT EACH OTHER.”

KATHRYN SCHULZ

57/100 HOW TO ARGUE EFFECTIVELY

Structured debate is more productive than grandstanding.

Communication via the internet is instant and easy. But when it comes to arguing a point, it encourages us to be rigid and stand our ground, which makes resolution very difficult.

Julia Dhar has a background as a world debate champion. In her talk “How to Disagree Productively and Find Common Ground,” she argues that debating a point of disagreement in person, and in a structured manner, is usually much more effective.

“Debate requires that we engage with the conflicting idea, directly, respectfully, face to face,” she explains. “The foundation of debate is rebuttal—the idea that you make a claim and I provide a response, and you respond to my response. Without rebuttal, it’s not debate, it’s just pontificating.”

And debate is much easier face to face. Dhar points to research by Professor Juliana Schroeder and her team at the University of California, Berkeley, which suggests that listening to someone’s voice as they make a controversial argument is “literally humanizing; it makes it easier to engage with what that person has to say.”

Dhar’s conclusion is clear. “Step away from the keyboards; start conversing,” she urges. “And if we are to expand that notion a little bit, nothing is stopping us from pressing pause on a parade of keynote speeches, the sequence of very polite panel discussions, and replacing some of that with a structured debate.”

Whether you’re looking to solve the world’s problems, or just agree on the direction of a creative project, this seems like good advice to follow.

FIND OUT MORE

Julia Dhar’s talk:

“How to Disagree Productively and Find Common Ground”

2018

Also try Cal Newport’s talk:

“Why You Should Quit Social Media”

2016

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