Talking
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But I loved
talking
to this inventor, Doug Fleming, because he was so passionate.
And so I was delighted
talking
to him, and it made me realize there are hundreds of masterpieces all around us that we totally take for granted.
That someone went into a mine and got the copper for this microphone so that I could say my final thank you, which is to thank you. (Applause) (Cheering) I'm going to be
talking
about statistics today.
But before I do, I just want to clarify which numbers I'm
talking
about here.
I'm not
talking
about claims like, "9 out of 10 women recommend this anti-aging cream."
I'm
talking
to you, legislators, and the voters who elect them.
I'm
talking
to you, job creators and collective bargaining units, and workers, and shareholders.
My grandmother could cure anything by
talking
the life out of it.
But they didn't think about what happened to the kids who were exposed by
talking
about sex with an adult without knowing it, or who shared intimate photos thinking only another kid would see them, or even worse, who had exposed themselves using their web cam.
The solution starts with something as easy as:
talking
about it.
But unfortunately this opens up an issue that's almost as controversial as
talking
about the prequels.
Now, I want to stress that none of these peoples that I've been quickly
talking
about here are disappearing worlds.
Even the language we use in
talking
about marriage and relationships illustrates this.
Now, when a woman says, "I did it for peace in my marriage," she's usually
talking
about giving up a job, a dream, a career.
I actually learned quite a bit about systems of oppression and how they can be blind to one another by
talking
to black men.
I was once
talking
to a black man about gender and he said to me, "Why do you have to say 'my experience as a woman'?
So I started reading more articles, I started
talking
to researchers, I started
talking
to doctors, and most importantly, I started listening to patients.
These are the sorts of questions that make me confident that the person I'm
talking
with really has my best interests at heart and wants to get to know me.
Or to put it another way, I would love to offer you my experience-backed, evidence-tested guide to
talking
to your cousin about politics at your next family dinner; reorganizing the way in which your team debates new proposals; thinking about how we change our public conversation.
And the principles of debate can transform the way that we talk to one another, to empower us to stop
talking
and to start listening.
Whenever you hear anybody
talking
about the 80/20 rule, this is what's going on.
While doing the shopping, I started
talking
to Jose, the owner.
And then one day I was
talking
to somebody and he was telling me about this robbery that we could do.
Power is something we are often uncomfortable
talking
about.
The result is a world in which even the privacy of one's own thought process is violated, where one may be found guilty of thoughtcrime by
talking
in their sleep, and keeping a diary or having a love affair equals a subversive act of rebellion.
The words you see and hear in everyday advertising have been crafted to appeal to you and affect your behavior, as have the soundbites and
talking
points of political campaigns which rarely present the most nuanced perspective on the issues.
If they're
talking
about the deceptive and manipulative use of language, they're on the right track.
If they're
talking
about mass surveillance and intrusive government, they're describing something authoritarian but not necessarily Orwellian.
So if civility is the virtue that makes it possible to tolerate disagreement so that we can actually engage with our opponents,
talking
about civility seems to be mainly a strategy of disengagement.
But look, if I've learned anything from studying the long history of religious tolerance in the 17th century, it's this: if you're
talking
about civility as a way to avoid an argument, to isolate yourself in the more agreeable company of the like-minded who already agree with you, if you find yourself never actually speaking to anyone who really, truly, fundamentally disagrees with you, well, you're doing civility wrong.
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