The Power of Disagreement: Better Arguments, Better Outcomes

We all know that person who always has to be right. No matter what the subject matter, they’re right and everyone else is wrong. But have you ever stopped to consider that person might be you? The good news is that some degree of innate stubbornness can work in your favour.

For thousands of years, humans have found ways to use arguments as the basis of collective decisions: lawyers in courts, politicians in parliaments, scientists at conferences and in research journals. We’ve built disagreement into the fabric of society - and even introduced a degree of civility into it. Well, sometimes…

The power of disagreement lies with engaging in better arguments: not clinging too tightly to a single viewpoint; not attacking others for seeing things differently; and above all, keeping a shared goal in sight. These are surprisingly challenging habits that can serve us well in a whole host of different contexts.

Find out more about the power of disagreement, and how it can impact your work and home life, in this explainer video from iluli by Mike Lamb – explaining the ideas and innovations changing our lives.

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*Sources and Further Reading:*

• _Against Persuasion_ by Agnes Callard, Boston Review, 26 July 2021
• _Why It’s OK to Speak Your Mind_ by Hrishikesh Joshi
• _Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together_ by Ian Leslie
• _The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding_ by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber
• _Agonistics: Thinking The World Politically_ by Chantal Mouffe

Видео The Power of Disagreement: Better Arguments, Better Outcomes канала iluli by Mike Lamb