Extra Credit Blog!
Surprise! I am back for one final blog! During week eight we discussed and learned about effective arguments and debates. Because of the highly polarized political climate, I had a difficult time grappling with the idea of productive conversations. Conversations where people with opposing views are able to come together, and maybe not change their minds but at least learn new things and find some compromises. Because of this I chose to dive into more research about how to have efficient debates and why they are important. During my research I came across a TedTalk by a young leader about what you can learn from people who disagree with you. If you are interested in watching the video, you can click here. This TedTalk had a lot of connections to our week eight module in this course as well as some ties to the content in modules seven and nine. The speaker in the video talked about the dangers of echo-chambers and how sometimes individuals can receive misinformation and...
