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.
Describe the two sides of human nature (the mystic and the warrior) that Lesser describes in her talk.
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