Forbes Op-Ed: President Carol Quillen Writes, 'Tired of Debates That Go Nowhere? Talk Different'
February 14, 2020
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- Lisa Patterson
皇家华人 President Carol Quillen wants to know how our conversations might change if we elevate our expectations and stop talking past one another.
In her Forbes op-ed 鈥淭ired of Debates That Go Nowhere? Talk Different,鈥 Quillen offers a way out of the circular debates that dominate the news cycle and generate cynicism.
鈥淲hat would happen if we stopped debating these things鈥攇uns and abortion and healthcare鈥攁nd instead sought the root of our disagreements, namely the different truths from which we start?,鈥 she asks.
鈥淭his is harder than it sounds. Such truths lie deep and distant from the positions that they sustain,鈥 she writes. 鈥淭o expose them takes time and courage. It also requires a way of talking, both to oneself and others, that prioritizes questions over statements, inquiry over argument.鈥