19 wnt. INDEX FILE; Our Community
These are some of our oldest posts. We were trying to articulate what it is we are attempting to build and how we might go about it. Things have changed since then. Just the focus, not the belief.
What are the parameters of building group coherence? Well, mutual respect is the first key. Maybe we have similar goals, to experience first hand that your thinking process stimulates new directions in my thinking process. This was my original goal in the dialog. Actually, looking into practice on the Internet, open dialog is pretty rare. Even multiple guest podcasts are not dialoging, but each presenting themselves, and not stepping on the toes of the other (too much).
We are not mirror images, so the potential field is in rich diversity. At first we were posting about these qualities. Maybe we will post more attributes of our community as it grows, or as we see into it deeper. HERE ARE SOME OF THESE ESSAYS:
13 wnt. OUR CREDO: The name of this site is Why Not Think Differently. (Just go with the shortened version.)
Even if you have one of the biggest Substack sites, if you are in the same mind-set as you were yesterday, you are missing life's opportunities.
3 p. We say distorted rhetoric is able to convince people to adopt one belief.
[This could be phase-two of the post 12 wnt. How can you craft a convincing argument. I won’t link to it though; it is just back there a ways.]
9 GA. Is it Nurturing OR actually “reverse mentors”.
In some ways we are invested in the older acquaintances, because we may think they are invested in us. We want to remember the old times together. Society was more homogenous back then. What then seemed difficult, is now known to be easy. We’re not so interested to hear of the new times, because those may drive us apart. But we are no longer the same …
12 wnt. How can you craft a convincing argument?
This post is about methodology, and not about content. I hope it will be of value with any content. The greatest and best challenge is to discuss with someone with opposing views. I see less point to keep talking with those whom you already agree. Society is trying to come to some conclusions that can move it forward. To do that, there must be some…
10 wnt. Revisiting the stated purpose of this site
But then I quickly said “count me in”. I could have also been the initiator, but better for their commitment if they are the author. They each went a little way, and then ran out of steam with the original player.
9 wnt. Why do Bloggers Blog, and How and Why do Followers Read?
Professional authors need financial support if they want to make a full-time effort.
3 wnt. TOPICS, We want to make discussions and have open dialogs
So, topics are chosen by how impactful they can be, and posts would be grouped by topic in this Index. Our Index file is vertical, so too many topics would necessitate scrolling way down. I don’t intend to put up a bunch of “slots”, and see if anyone writes about it. At first everything can be out in the open, so you can see them. Then gradually bus…
2 GA. More about how Building a "Discussion Community" can be our Scholarship
I want to caution all of us to "Study each other's words” carefully, as a scholar would. Here's what I mean:
1 GA. I think what we are doing could be called Scholarship
[Maybe we think that we are a researcher, journalist, or a professor and we want to give a speech or teach a class?]
1L. Where can we find what is new for us?
Everything that we know now, is from yesterday, right? Relatively nothing from today. Some people that honor certain scriptures, actually claim that nothing has changed for millennia. In fact it has been all down hill, and we knew-better back then than we do now. The world is now what it is, and those people will claim that without these scriptures, …