Consensus and community can only exist when there is effective communication. These articles and insights provide thoughts and guidance about verbal and written communication, advocacy and persuasion, and negotiation and dispute resolution.
Persuasion still depends on something a chatbot cannot supply on either end: a person who actually reads what is in front of them, checks whether it is true, and is willing to be moved if it is.
It is important to identify when someone is attempting to persuade you with a warning of a slippery slope argument, and it is even more important to make sure that you do not use them yourself. Once a person recognizes that an argument is a caution of a slippery slope it can significantly reduce the trust that the argument is thoughtful.
