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How can people be motivated to put the mental effort into understanding the other person's point of view? Participants are still volunteers, not workers, and th
by lopmotr 6y ago
How can people be motivated to put the mental effort into understanding the other person's point of view? Participants are still volunteers, not workers, and that's unpleasant work.
- laughinghan 6y agoGood point! I have no idea. If someone specifically desires to shout into the void, I don't have any ideas on how to convince them otherwise. However, if they claim they want to actually convince other people to change their mind, maybe they'll both agree that this system will help frame the discussion. After all, people already voluntarily put a lot of effort into heated Internet arguments already, I'm just hoping to nudge that energy in a productive direction. If you have better ideas on how to motivate them, I'm all ears!
- avmich 6y ago> Participants are still volunteers, not workers, and that's unpleasant work. For some, learning why world works a certain way is an interesting, even captivating activity. For some others it's an unpleasant work.