At all levels, great and small, what % of conflict do you think is caused by miscommunication?
I’d go with about 90%. I’m curious what people think. There is relevance that I will get to wrt here, but I’m curious if any others here have watched for this specifically in a dispassionate way to asses the extent of the problem.
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One of my favorite nerd books addresses that
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Link: https://www.amazon.com/Perception-Misperception-International-Politics-University/dp/0691100497
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Thanks, this looks great. I figured IR folks would have studied this
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Gaslighting is deliberate miscommunication.
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What we've got here is failure to communicate...
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Link: https://youtu.be/zOaNSVFX5u0?si=zDeqrkEO3HZfj7Gw
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Wittgenstein's philosophy posited that human communication is inherently flawed.
We all have different "feelings" about the meanings of different words.
Take "justice" for example.
Or "equity."