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How to talk to people you disagree with

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There's an angry divisive tension in the air that threatens to make modern politics impossible. Elizabeth Lesser shares a simple way to begin real dialogue — by going to lunch with someone who doesn't agree with you, and asking them three questions to find out what's really in their hearts.


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