Agnes Callard fears that “The more I tell you, the less I will be understood.” The reason—she claims—is that we don’t know how to listen. Instead, we filter information through societally pre-approved heuristics. Even when we think we’re being generous and/or “siding with the victim,” what we’re doing most of the time is siding with our own projections—the notions that keep our sense of the world stable and intelligible
Heuristics Hurt Our Ability To Listen. Now What?
Heuristics Hurt Our Ability To Listen. Now…
Heuristics Hurt Our Ability To Listen. Now What?
Agnes Callard fears that “The more I tell you, the less I will be understood.” The reason—she claims—is that we don’t know how to listen. Instead, we filter information through societally pre-approved heuristics. Even when we think we’re being generous and/or “siding with the victim,” what we’re doing most of the time is siding with our own projections—the notions that keep our sense of the world stable and intelligible