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This is niceIt justifies the contentious behaviour by the unfounded presupposition in the second line There is lots of this around, in various guises and decorations Source: Facebook
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anything worth having in the world is got by communicating with other people, this is about theoretical structures
strategic optimism
Strategic optimism and cancer
Read More strategic optimismAntonia Scatton is framing the debate
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I think there is a lot in the idea of “defensive messaging”, if we are constantly defending ourselves – shit sticks
We are better to support “bodily autonomy” for women than defend against “foetal right”
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I was trained in TA, seriously, for work as well not just as a hobby. I particularly like the ideas about “games” ‘Blemish’ – this falls into the party games category and is a game in which you are insecure about yourself and cannot feel comfortable in any interactions until you have found some sort…
Read More BlemishDemands versus requests
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People rarely respond willingly to demands while they might respond to requests and the key idea is it is OK if they don’t. “We can help others trust that we are requesting, not demanding, by indicating that we would only want the person to comply if he or she can do so willingly. Thus we…
Read More Demands versus requestsOn trust
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The poem goes When love has gone there is always justiceWhen justice is gone there is always forceWhen force has gone there is always love someone Most of us would prefer to live in a loving trusting environment but things happen and so we cooperate with each other based on law and professionalism. It works……
Read More On trustOnly hurts the one’s that give a stuff.
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I used to work with Richmond Fellowship, which at the time was a therapeutic communityEvery morning we would have a therapeutic group. One morning someone said “I am very angry with someone here but I’m not saying who it is” All day long we thought about it, is it me?, what did I do?Every one…
Read More Only hurts the one’s that give a stuff.How to handle bad faith arguements
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Once you recognise these weak tactics, you can easily outwit them
So we should focus on that relentlessly and never get distracted by bullshit, bad faith arguments.
Read More How to handle bad faith arguementsI have a censorship policy
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I don’t censor and this ain’t Facebook
If someone says something shitty
It stays here
Endgames of Bad Faith Communiction
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Some people enter into a conversation `for productive and honest reasons, “Good Faith”
Some people come for mischief, in “Bad Faith”
How do we tell the difference and what can we do about it?
Read More Endgames of Bad Faith CommunictionWe all know that calling someone an “idiot” is unaceptable
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I would like to suggest that saying “some people here are idiots” is also unacceptable
Read More We all know that calling someone an “idiot” is unaceptableHow to Get Better at Admitting You’re Wrong
Yankee Volunteers Marching into Dixie in 1862 by
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Humans are programmed to think we’re right at all costs. Fighting that instinct will set you free. Source: How to Get Better at Admitting You’re Wrong – The Atlantic And so much more How to Build a Life A column about pointing yourself toward happiness by Arthur C. Brooks
Read More How to Get Better at Admitting You’re WrongPersonal FB Style Guide
Why and how improve readability citations .. https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=facebook+style+guide Conversation on Face book https://www.facebook.com/roy.hanfling/posts/pfbid02gcyjc8Knff9TpZADkmmctB3nUUZ2p5yPucbGF6JMFf5hgf7exVRVbMFHytkmnUFml Integrate with this Blog
Read More Personal FB Style GuideNonviolent Communication – the ‘Language of Life’
According to researchers, being a compelling communicator boils down to projecting two qualities: warmth and strength. Being compelling is important, but it doesn’t help you to navigate potential conflict.
Nonviolent communication does. In fact, practicing NVC can lead you to completely rethink your values, but more on that later. Perhaps the biggest benefit of the nonviolent communication model is that it gets you to focus your attention in more productive ways during potentially heated exchanges.
Read More Nonviolent Communication – the ‘Language of Life’A Field Guide to Bad Faith Arguments
Once you recognize these weak tactics in your mentions, you can easily outwit them
Read More A Field Guide to Bad Faith Argumentschanged a light bulb
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Source: Why George Orwell’s Ideas about Language Still Matter for Lawyers – Language for Lawyers.pdf link George Lakoff
Read More Why George Orwell’s Ideas about Language Still Matter for Lawyers – Language for Lawyers.pdfIssue #15: Transition » The Journal of Peer Production
There is a plain English version “Each article is accompanied by an additional piece or ‘complement’ which addresses the same topic in a non-academic manner.” Source: Issue #15: Transition » The Journal of Peer Production
Read More Issue #15: Transition » The Journal of Peer ProductionUsing Plain Language
I think that plain language is useful because; Resource Plain English Campaign is an independent group fighting for plain English in public communication. We oppose gobbledygook, jargon and legalese. Practice and learning I am thinking that I can go through a piece of text and check for each of the Plain English guides Kevin needed…
Read More Using Plain LanguageDue Process
if we are to get rid of trolls and Nazis, there needs to be a due process or we become what we fight to eradicate P2Pleft have a moderation page #JOB it would be good to ask for advice here as I set up the group and pages
Read More Due ProcessTrolls and Naziz
The question for me is how do we keep the trolls and the Nazis out of our community without being Nazi about it? These folks don’t come to the group to contribute and sometimes there are very many of them. How do we deal with people who are just annoying (to me), in truth, there…
Read More Trolls and Nazizsetting expectations
No Time for Bullies: Baboons Retool Their Culture – The New York Times
Troop of Kenyan baboons experiences temperament shift after all dominant adult males die in accident; Dr Robert M Sapolsky, Stanford University biology and neurology professor, and wife Dr Lisa J Share co-author research report on group known as Forest Troop; report is published in journal PloS Biology; holds that swing toward pacifism and affection between…
Read More No Time for Bullies: Baboons Retool Their Culture – The New York TimesThe Endgames of Bad Faith Communication
Reversing the downward spiral of mutual distrust. Source: The Endgames of Bad Faith Communication
Read More The Endgames of Bad Faith CommunicationHow to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
Post thumbnailSource: How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently – The Marginalian How to compose a successful critical commentary: You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.” You should…
Read More How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing IntelligentlyGraham’s Hierarchy of Disagreement
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I like that I can identify some of these patterns here
I like how it is clear and jargon-free, it doesn’t need an explanation
I like that it is concise and nicely structured
I think that good communication is fundamental P2P
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