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# How to see when language fails

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## The language gap between the heart and the head

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In this essay, we'll explore a hazardous gap in our language that's only grown wider with the increasing power of the disembodied written word.

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## How we miss the forest for the trees & the trees for the forest

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Charged words like "violence" and "racism" reveal a gap in our language. In this essay, we'll explore ways to bridge a Grand Canyon-sized chasm between perspectives that few see and almost everyone stumbles into.

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## How to turn conflict into progress

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In this essay, we climb a three-rung ladder of conflict: from our ugly I.) Default Combat to the rare II.) Win-Win Sparring and finally to the rarest, III.) Innovative Synthesis.

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