Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and be Heard

'Electrifying ... A user manual for our polarized world' Adam Grant, #1 New York Times -bestselling author of Think Again 'Important, compelling and wise' Johann Hari, Sunday Times -bestselling author of Stolen Focus 'Electrifying ... A user manual for our polarized world' Adam Grant, #1 New York Times -bestselling author of Think Again 'Important, compelling and wise' Johann Hari, Sunday Times -bestselling author of Stolen Focus How do you win an argument? How do you disagree without hard feelings? How do you debate in a way that moves the topic forward to an answer? Arguments matter, because we have them every day. We do it with loved ones and at work, over which restaurant to go to and which social viewpoint is right or fair. We trust the people we elect to argue on our behalf. We trust the news to dissect the arguments different parties are proposing. We have a system of justice which trusts the better argument will win out. Once, argument was taught and celebrated as a fundamental