How to Have a Good Conversation | Celeste Headlee Posts where this video is embedded Connecting Minds Connecting and synchronising minds Conversation Sharpens the Saw It is not a waste of time Conversational Capacities Prerequisites to a good conversation Converse in Good Faith Be sincere, fair, open, and honest, regardless of the outcome Introduction: Virtual Conversations ** Computer-mediated converations Knowledge Café … Continue reading How to Have a Good Conversation Celeste Headlee (2015)
Dave Pollard is a writer on culture, complexity, deep ecology, civilization’s collapse, and the sharing economy. Although I have only ever met Dave once, many years ago, through his writing, he has had a considerable influence on me over the years. His insights into the nature of conversation and complexity never cease to provoke my … Continue reading Dave Pollard Writer on culture, complexity, ecology, civilization’s collapse and the sharing economy
Shared meaning does not mean that people agree but that they understand each other’s perspectives well enough to accept them. There is only one way of achieving this, and that’s through real conversation. Credit: David Gurteen Source: Shared MeaningPosts where this quotation is embedded Connecting Minds Connecting and synchronising minds Conversation Sharpens the Saw It is not … Continue reading Shared Meaning Is Achieved Through Real Conversation David Gurteen
You need to be in touching distance of another person to have a really good conversation. Credit: David Gurteen Posts where this quotation is embedded Connecting Minds Connecting and synchronising minds Conversation Sharpens the Saw It is not a waste of time Conversational Capacities Prerequisites to a good conversation Converse in Good Faith Be sincere, fair, open, and honest, … Continue reading Touching Distance for a Good Conversation David Gurteen
To have a conversation, you have to be comfortable being human – acknowledging you don’t have all the answers, being eager to learn from someone else and to build new ideas together. You can only have a conversation if you’re not afraid of being wrong. Otherwise, you’re not conversing, you’re just declaiming, speechifying, or reading … Continue reading Conversations Occur Between Equals David Weinberger
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Introduction: the Power of Conversation The Language of Conversation and Speech Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What is a conversation? Is an argument or a debate a conversation? Is an exchange of SMS messages a conversation? You might argue they are. But a real conversation is something special. So what makes a real … Continue reading What Is a Real Conversation? There is more to conversation than just talking or exchanging messages
Embracing the Imperfections of Chatbots Uses of Chatbots Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Conversing with a chatbot is fundamentally different from having a real conversation with another human being. Advocates of GenAI, or what is often called conversational AI, like chatbots, emphasize their ability to engage in conversation. While it’s true that we … Continue reading Why Chatbots Can’t Have Real Human Conversations The limits of artificial chatting
The Value of Conversation ** Conversational Capacities Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Real conversation serves one or more purposes. In The Patterns of Effective Conversation, Dave Pollard lists ten generic purposes of conversation. The list below is an adaptation of his list, in which I have modified or expanded some of the descriptions and … Continue reading The Purposes of Conversation Real conversation serves one or more purposes
The Purposes of Conversation Levels of Conversation ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter To have a productive conversation, participants must possess several conversational capacities. In two articles, Conversation and Silence, Part One, and Conversations That Matter: What It Takes to Have Them, Dave Pollard lists seven prerequisites or capacities for an effective or real conversation – one … Continue reading Conversational Capacities Prerequisites to a good conversation
