I ran a "Productive Disagreements" event last night, a new interactive format I've been working on where attendees practice structured disagreements on controversial topics in order to learn from each other and get experience accurately modeling other people's perspectives.
Here are the materials, in case you want to run an event like this or just learn about the format:
Part 1: Brief presentation about why disagreements are so often unproductive
1. You want to "win" more than you want...
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The Maximally Cynical Glossary of Technology Terms
Feeling cheery about technology and optimistic about the future, but still confused by what exactly "Deep Learning" and "Quantum computing" mean? Here's your antidote: the Maximally Cynical Glossary of Technology Terms. Not to be taken too seriously :)
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Android phones: the closest a company can get to making an iPhone while risking only a dozen lawsuits (see entry on “iPhones”)
Artificial Intelligence: the best name for Machine Learning if you’re trying to make it sound cool to people that...
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The Nine Causes of Disagreement
There are an incredible range of subjects that people disagree about, but only a small number of core reasons that people disagree. When we encounter complex and difficult to resolve disputes, it can be helpful to break them down in terms of these reasons. This process can help give us insight into what is preventing a consensus from being reached.
Disagreements can be caused by:
1. Facts. People have access to different information. One person has studied physics, another hasn't. One has spen...
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