I’ve spent a lot of energy over the years learning how to change someone’s opinion. I’ve studied logical fallacies, logic, rhetoric, dialectic, and focused intensily on trying to communicate more clearly and precisely. So I’m pretty good at it. I feel that if someone is open to changing their mind, and we have a genuine disagreement where I…
My Thoughts on the Minimum Wage
I’ve been watching the minimum wage debate from a distance without having an opinion. That was until tonight when I listened to the Intelligence Squared debate on the topic, and I can now at least frame the discussion. The arguments for the minimum wage There are a few basic arguments for the minimum wage: The many people on…
NPR Intelligence Squared
This is one of my favorite programs that NPR does, and if you haven’t partaken of it I highly suggest you look into it. It’s a podcast where they take a topical proposition, such as: Gun control makes America safer, or… Washington is more responsible for the financial crisis than Wall Street… …and they get experts in the…