Periagoge
Scenario

When discussion groups become performance spaces instead of thinking spaces

Our book club has been meeting for two years and we've somehow created this environment where everyone feels like they have to have the 'right' opinion about whatever we're reading, especially anything political, and none of us are actually changing our minds about anything or learning from each other anymore.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group formed to explore ideas together has inadvertently created social pressure that prevents the intellectual risk-taking that makes real conversation possible.

Your guide for this
Hypatia
Hypatia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Food & Cooking?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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