Stuck in the Certainty Trap: Ilana Redstone | I Wish They Knew

#certainty #contempt #conflict #disagreement

Too many people are stuck in the Certainty Trap. When we treat our knowledge as definitive and our values as obvious and unquestionable, the result is polarization and contempt. In Episode 191, Ilana Redstone traces the reasons we fall into the Certainty Trap and offers a way out.

Show highlights:

00:00 Certainty traps us in contempt
01:45 The three fallacies that lead to contempt
03:33 Certainty in the workplace
04:41 Why civil discourse isn't enough
05:49 Living with disagreement
06:53 Leaving the certainty trap

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