Microprinciples

Microprinciples

Bring your adversary closer

All disagreement is a kind of violence

V Sri
Jan 18, 2023
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Here's a law of kinetics: The force of persuasion required to influence another human being to your point of view is directly proportional to distance between you, whether physical, ideological, or emotional.

In other words, the further you are from your adversary, the larger the weapon you need to win them over. Nations use bombs, knights used swords, l…

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