> But by softening the feedback so much that it becomes fuzzy, the feedback-giver has inadvertently set up their teammate to fail. I'm reminded of the idea of

> But by softening the feedback so much that it becomes fuzzy, the feedback-giver has inadvertently set up their teammate to fail. I'm reminded of the idea of Yes, and... [0]. Seems like a great idea for improv comedy, but it's a terrible idea for clear and mature argumentation, where the goal should be to find the root of disagreement rather than to pretend no disagreement exists. Hard to imagine serious philosophers using that kind of approach, for instance. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and