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Thinking is strenuous work; we avoid it at all costs, including progress. We jump across to used thinking—called thoughts—ours and others’, because those fly easier and faster. The value of conversation is to stimulate new thinking work but it is mainly co-opted by thoughts, so we get mired without realizing. We’re excited by a “new” idea but just that fast it becomes a “used” thought. If it’s a thought, it’s used. We have to slog on.

:- Doug.

Just as thin-slicing strawberries puts us in touch with more sweetness and flavor, by being in touch with more of the betweens and players of a conversation we may find more life. When you slice a conversation what do you get to taste?

:- Doug.

It may be that the human animal is a good detector instrument for what has deep feeling in a conversation, for what touches spirit (as it is for BS). So others in a conversation likely feel what you do. Notice that people are excited and bored, by turns—but often together—in a group event. If true we can use this ability to observe conversations for what works.

:- Doug.

Do our conversations carry us deeper?

:- Doug.