People think there's a single solution to complex problems, and the solution is often making an enemy of … - Duncan Green

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Even sad stories are company. And perhaps that's why you might read such a chronicle, to look into a companionable darkness that isn't yours.

Duncan Green

People think there's a single solution to complex problems, and the solution is often making an enemy of a group of people - pulling back and rejecting the other.

Complex, Enemy, People, Problems, Single, Thinking

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What you don't do is just say, "I've got all the ideas and all the knowledge, and listen to me. "

Ideas, Knowledge, Listen, Listen To Me, Say

Activists can get very preachy about things. It's more about understanding people's own experiences and tapping into them.

Activist, Experiences, People, Preachy, Things, Understanding

The question, "When did you last listen to a poor person properly and try to understand what's going on inside their own experience?" enables you to connect.

Lasts, Listen, Poor, Properly, Trying

Often we're having an argument with something imaginary - a fixed idea of the "enemy" and the good. We need to get beyond that and actually develop a deep curiosity about people and systems and understand them better.

Curiosity, Good, Ideas, People

We should look at how "the enemy" - people that you wouldn't necessarily agree with - have done change and see whether there's bits in there that we could learn from.

Agree, Bits, Enemy, Looks, People

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