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  1. title: I want to lose every debate.
  2. url: https://sive.rs/led
  3. hash_url: f85d5742bb188e4b25d627b78413fbac
  4. <p>
  5. My favorite moments in life are when someone shows me a new perspective — a way of thinking I had never considered.
  6. </p><p>
  7. Ideally it’s something I opposed, but they help me understand why it works for them.
  8. </p><ul><li>
  9. The sex worker explains why she loves her job.
  10. </li><li>
  11. The Singaporean in the three-piece-suit explains why clothing is like the SMTP protocol.
  12. </li><li>
  13. The Hindu explains why poverty doesn’t upset her.
  14. </li><li>
  15. The Muslim explains why Islamic law is a perfect recipe for peace.
  16. </li><li>
  17. The hedonist justifies her partying, and tells me the most heart-warming explanation for her ugly tattoo.
  18. </li></ul><p>
  19. These conversations are the most memorable — the most life-changing — because I get a personal introduction to <strong>a mindset — a walk-through of a thought process</strong>.
  20. I get to understand their reasoning.
  21. </p><p>
  22. Then those people I thought were wrong, stupid, or crazy suddenly make sense.
  23. </p><p>
  24. Thinking that people are <a href="https://sive.rs/ss">stupid</a> is not thinking.
  25. Understanding them is.
  26. </p><p>
  27. <strong>
  28. I never want to debate, but if I had to, I would hope to lose.
  29. </strong>
  30. I don’t want to convince anyone of my existing perspective.
  31. I would rather be convinced of theirs.
  32. It’s more interesting to assume that they are right.
  33. </p>