> nonpolitical context Humans talking to each other in a business setting (I'm assuming nobody in this thread is talking about casual conversations that happen

> nonpolitical context Humans talking to each other in a business setting (I'm assuming nobody in this thread is talking about casual conversations that happen outside of work) is inherently political. You are either positioning or being a passive onlooker. If a conversation is only filled with the latter then nothing can possibly get accomplished (which, to be fair, is not an uncommon outcome for a meeting). > The greatest fallacy is assuming to know what people are actually thinking, without them saying it Assuming everything people say is what they think seems to be an even greater fallacy, but I am going to choose not to turn it into a superlative.