To Win You Must Lose: How to Argue Better | Dave Sumner | TEDxMcMinnville

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  • What does the 2,000-year-old tradition of rhetoric teach us about how to argue better today? Dr. David Sumner examines these ancient principles and applies them to one of our biggest argument minefields - the Thanksgiving dinner table. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • @laurabedorelerwill3235
    @laurabedorelerwill3235 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    What an excellent perspective! To argue to win is such a limited way to have a conversation...just this concept alone has opened my eyes to my own thought process and helped me open up to the possibility of learning and growing more from being "wrong" than having to be "right"! Bravo, Mr. Sumner!

    • @Tito-wg8lg
      @Tito-wg8lg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We are the only comments on this video

    • @kristinwornum7126
      @kristinwornum7126 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You said it all my friend , took the words right out of my mine

  • @blammin9217
    @blammin9217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    best most emotionally intelligent neutral way for people to discuss ideas. this is the format. dude nailed it.

  • @wonderfulqualitycontent3354
    @wonderfulqualitycontent3354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Incredibly interesting, expected to see more comments here! This video really reframed how I think of arguments

    • @DairangerSentai7
      @DairangerSentai7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey there! 11 months later, how much has this changed the transcript of your conversations? Have they improved?

    • @solar0wind
      @solar0wind 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DairangerSentai7 Interesting question! I'd like to know that too!

  • @rando4390
    @rando4390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    How can this ted talk get inly 3000 views after 8 months?

    • @coralschlag7959
      @coralschlag7959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this was the highlight of my day

  • @pjsmalena
    @pjsmalena ปีที่แล้ว +2

    WOW!!! I will now view others as mistaken instead of vicious. This really changes things up!

  • @huijessica
    @huijessica 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this is so good

  • @ketusolapure143
    @ketusolapure143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To Win You Must Lose-this statement is so true !!!

  • @DairangerSentai7
    @DairangerSentai7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:58: what if you listened to what they said in order to learn?
    9:00: how do we look at each other? Think about the relation you have with those people.

  • @KolaIL
    @KolaIL ปีที่แล้ว

    Great talk

  • @mmendi1114
    @mmendi1114 ปีที่แล้ว

    great tips...

  • @mariedzi4335
    @mariedzi4335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's really helpful. Thanks!

  • @baptisedbaby6164
    @baptisedbaby6164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    so basically this guy is a professional arguer.

    • @taihavard549
      @taihavard549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A little different, but in a sense. A professional arguer / debater is often thought of more as someone who does professional debates with a goal of having the appearance of having "won" regardless of whether they are actually correct, possibly not actually believe what they are saying, aim to use all tactics they can even if they know those tactics have nothing to do with truth or actively try to mislead and possibly attempt to humiliate the person they are arguing with if possible. A lot of style over substance, bad faith arguments etc.
      What this person is talking about is more about Socratic method, techniques for effective collaborative pursuit of truth, viewing being accurate as more important than feeling / appearing right, scout mindset, intellectual honesty, focus on learning, persuading but being willing to be persuaded, logic / fallacies, cognitive bias, psychology, epistemology, metacognition / introspection and so on.
      So I think "professional arguer" could be used as a label but many people would confuse the concepts and methods in this video with the combative university style "win at all costs" / "Person X DESTROYS person Y" titled videos of debate on youtube.

  • @donniel1403
    @donniel1403 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Its really easy to be offended, but its really hard to be effective."

  • @PhilGeissler
    @PhilGeissler ปีที่แล้ว

    For a second there I thought it was TEDxMcMinnville, Tennessee - where I live.

  • @TheoCynical
    @TheoCynical 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    If you want to hold onto your life, you will lose it for my sake, you will gain it to eternal life.
    - Jesus the Christ

    • @shrekthing5981
      @shrekthing5981 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      donnell outlaw wat

    • @DairangerSentai7
      @DairangerSentai7 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Metaphors matter. Why do you think there's so many warrior descriptions for God? Was it because the Israelites were at war and they just used what was around them or for some other reason?

  • @Xizania
    @Xizania 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    11:54

  • @crouton7070
    @crouton7070 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    reminds me of jreg and his videos about frameworks and meta frameworks but less schizophrenic

  • @solomonbalogun6545
    @solomonbalogun6545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Argument to learn not argument to win

  • @knops1
    @knops1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WHAT only 12 comments

  • @Uubermensch
    @Uubermensch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Do schools teach this? Highschools or middle schools in particular. Other than elective classes, because the majority doesn't seem to like anything that isn't obviously exciting. I think if this was taught at a mass scale, people would buy less things.

    • @Uubermensch
      @Uubermensch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because they would have to think before making decisions

    • @gibranguzman5713
      @gibranguzman5713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Uubermensch Yeah they teach this. I'm doing an assignment for it now.

    • @sarahd1844
      @sarahd1844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m here rn because I have an assignment for this in highschool

    • @HomeBakedBread
      @HomeBakedBread 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is taught to a degree but not widely enough. This is a big part of why America is so divided right now.

  • @Tito-wg8lg
    @Tito-wg8lg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hi am I the only comment on this video

    • @rando4390
      @rando4390 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not anymore

  • @datingfighter314
    @datingfighter314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    He fails to see that people don't want to think about what they can learn and they just want to win.

    • @Daniel-uz6fc
      @Daniel-uz6fc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Which is what he's talking about, How did he fail to see it when he mentioned it. What he's trying to do is change peoples minds to have constructive arguments.

    • @Ambientes
      @Ambientes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because by assuming that people will want to give up winning is foolish

    • @aeraannoying
      @aeraannoying 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Ambientes is there anything wrong with trying to give a different perspective? The fact u think some people aren't capable of listening is foolish

    • @carlingram8316
      @carlingram8316 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ambientes if they are watching a video titled "how to argue better", hopefully they are willing to change to be more effective.

    • @scar_c2_1d
      @scar_c2_1d ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carlingram8316 i believe he's talking about ppl that didnt watch this vid

  • @RaulRodriguez-pi6hi
    @RaulRodriguez-pi6hi ปีที่แล้ว

    A QA

  • @nobonespurs
    @nobonespurs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    and you have not provided ONE concrete example

  • @WJFK480
    @WJFK480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What if all the metaphors we have for war come from arguing? If you look at it from a chicken and egg perspective arguing would have most definitely come first.

    • @carlingram8316
      @carlingram8316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I imagine violence came before spoken language. But as I learned here, I could definitely be wrong 😄

    • @jomaanali8116
      @jomaanali8116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What I have learned from the video is to like👍 the both comments 👆

  • @nobonespurs
    @nobonespurs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    RBG did not get others to agree with her

  • @TheSharp2500
    @TheSharp2500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    anyone else not interested in this at all and only watching it because it was assigned by a teacher?

    • @kol628
      @kol628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oddly enough I looked this up. This guy needs be my voice coach by the way.

    • @j.d.arvizo1492
      @j.d.arvizo1492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I’m watching for education...sorry you’re just trying to pass a class...

    • @TheSharp2500
      @TheSharp2500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@j.d.arvizo1492 oh thanks for your apologies and good luck on your education ;)

    • @last7993
      @last7993 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmfaoo

    • @MachineElf_Official
      @MachineElf_Official ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm watching this because I looked it up, because I want to argue better. Arguing is fun, I like it, and I don't want to make people mad when I'm not trying to

  • @alriashi7
    @alriashi7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    During his speech I had the urge to disagree with him :))

  • @musamusa990
    @musamusa990 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why American so obsessed with politics?

    • @Soni-jd4li
      @Soni-jd4li 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don’t generalise a majority of people to all indulge themselves in the same thing, it’s the epitome of absurdity

  • @MrZeaos
    @MrZeaos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    booooring

  • @notvora
    @notvora ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a whole bunch of talking, a whole bunch of getting nowhere

  • @make_the_world_better_place
    @make_the_world_better_place 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really not interesting 🤔