Often we dig our own grave making people “defend” their opinion. Instead of winning them over, we push them to become more and more entrenched in their opinion as they build larger mental defenses against the challenges we present. So I want to hear from you:

How do you avoid putting people on the defensive? (Even though those people had a strong alternative opinion)

What was a time where the opposite happened; all the facts were there, but absolutely no one was convinced by the talk?

I feel like solarpunk has a lot of obvious-once-seen ideas and powerful “ahh-ha” moments. But if we can’t convince others to take a glimpse from our perspective, not much benefit will come from it.

  • Dagwood222
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    8 months ago

    You can’t the mind that refuses to change.

    “Against stupidity, the gods themselves, contend in vain.” Friedrich Schiller

    Or, ‘You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.’

    Don’t waste time with the people who refuse to listen; work on building a network of like minded people.

    What can someone who lives in an apartment building do? Or a student in a dorm? Which candidates should we support.

    Your time is a limited resource, don’t waste it pounding deaf ears.