Slippery Slopes: Toboggan Ride to Dystopia

How can we, as people, become better?

• Communication: People are more responsive when you seem interested in their lives. Start to ask good follow-up questions, and actively listen to what they say.

• Hobbies: Hobbies help us find communities, make friends, and prevent ...

Finally, it’s a good time to stock up on compassion. Everyone will have different levels of fear and grief and it manifests in different ways. A coworker got very snippy with me the other day and I thought, That’s not like this person; that’s how they’re dealing with this.

Engaging in a rational debate is useless when the detractor isn’t really a fan and harbours a grievance already.

• One has to avoid jumping into a debate with this kind of person and focus on learning about them and building rapport.
• Slowly understand their perspective and tr...