Journalist and educator Simran Sethi discusses why and how we engage, and how we can listen to, and learn from, other points of view. Everyone concerned about climate change, and working for a better future for our children, should listen to her wisdom.
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Excellent stuff. This explains why trying to reason with people in chatrooms on WUWT will never work. I had not heard the term “finite pool of worry” before; but I am very much aware of its reality in my own life… Similar to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs… Clearly, I will have to get out more; and actually talk – I mean listen – to some real people…