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From the Ted Talk by Eve Pearlman: How to lead a conversation between people who disagree
Unscramble the Blue Letters
So people often come into our conversations a bit angrily. They say things like, "How can you believe X?" and "How can you read Y?" and "Can you believe that this happened?" But generally, in this miracle that delights us every time, ppoele begin to introduce themselves. And they begin to epailxn who they are and where they come from, and they begin to ask qtuesnios of one another. And slowly, over time, people circle back again and again to difficult topics, each time with a little more ehaptmy, a little more nuance, a little more ciisutory. And our journalists and moderators work really hard to support this because it's not a debate, it's not a battle, it's not a Sunday mrnonig talk show. It's not the flinging of talking points. It's not the stacking of meems and gifs or articles with headlines that pvroe a point. And it's not about scoring political victories with question traps.
Open Cloze
So people often come into our conversations a bit angrily. They say things like, "How can you believe X?" and "How can you read Y?" and "Can you believe that this happened?" But generally, in this miracle that delights us every time, ______ begin to introduce themselves. And they begin to _______ who they are and where they come from, and they begin to ask _________ of one another. And slowly, over time, people circle back again and again to difficult topics, each time with a little more _______, a little more nuance, a little more _________. And our journalists and moderators work really hard to support this because it's not a debate, it's not a battle, it's not a Sunday _______ talk show. It's not the flinging of talking points. It's not the stacking of _____ and gifs or articles with headlines that _____ a point. And it's not about scoring political victories with question traps.
Solution
- curiosity
- questions
- people
- morning
- explain
- empathy
- memes
- prove
Original Text
So people often come into our conversations a bit angrily. They say things like, "How can you believe X?" and "How can you read Y?" and "Can you believe that this happened?" But generally, in this miracle that delights us every time, people begin to introduce themselves. And they begin to explain who they are and where they come from, and they begin to ask questions of one another. And slowly, over time, people circle back again and again to difficult topics, each time with a little more empathy, a little more nuance, a little more curiosity. And our journalists and moderators work really hard to support this because it's not a debate, it's not a battle, it's not a Sunday morning talk show. It's not the flinging of talking points. It's not the stacking of memes and gifs or articles with headlines that prove a point. And it's not about scoring political victories with question traps.
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