“May you live in interesting times.”
— Chinese curse
When people disagree, often enough, it is because their world views are at odds. Each person has a world view they hold to be true. Argument always entrenches people in their individual world view. Conversation occurs when two people, or at least one person, has an interest in understanding the other persons truth. The world view that person holds to be true.
Human beings are story tellers. Each person’s world view is their story. In today’s world there is no clear shared consensus on what constitutes truth. There is no common thread of truth running through everyone’s story; no shared highly regarded authority …
Web sites are island realities in a sea of possible realities.