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Co-creating Answers

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Maybe the answers for how we can all live and work together are not going to be found by deciding who or what group has the right answers. Perhaps a better way to go about any interaction is to soak in as much of another persons perspective as possible prior to asking for anything. After all, very few wars get started because everyone relentlessly wanted to understand each other... If we could only let go of the misconception that attempting to understand each other must mean that someone has to admit they are wrong. To understand does not mean to agree . If anything, it means to give dignity to everyone's opinion. Once all opinions are heard the best answer might just be a co-created one... "I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong with him. The practical form it takes is this: that, while the old man may stand by some stupid custom, the...