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How to restore authentic dialogue when groups become performative

Our book club has been meeting for two years and we've somehow created an environment where everyone says what they think they should say about these books rather than what they actually think, and I'm wondering if we're all complicit in making intellectual honesty feel dangerous.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A community dedicated to truth-seeking has unconsciously created conditions that reward conformity over genuine inquiry.

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