Often we dig our own grave making people “defend” their opinion. Instead of winning them over, we push them to become more and more entrenched in their opinion as they build larger mental defenses against the challenges we present. So I want to hear from you:
How do you avoid putting people on the defensive? (Even though those people had a strong alternative opinion)
What was a time where the opposite happened; all the facts were there, but absolutely no one was convinced by the talk?
I feel like solarpunk has a lot of obvious-once-seen ideas and powerful “ahh-ha” moments. But if we can’t convince others to take a glimpse from our perspective, not much benefit will come from it.
And anybody who says this is “building an echo chamber“ is just saying they feel entitled to your space and attention even when they don’t feel any need to include others in their own.
Just pointing this out. Nobody has all the answers, and we can all learn something new. Talking to the convinced isn’t a waste of time if you’re listening.
Didn’t say anything that necessitated this response.
I was agreeing with you
Huh interesting. Even rereading it I am taking it 2 very different ways. Read it the wrong way the first time, my mistake.
It’s all good