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How to shift friend groups from performing to genuine inquiry

Three of us started a philosophy discussion group during grad school and now we're all in our thirties with careers and families, but when we meet we still argue like we're trying to prove who's smartest instead of actually thinking through the questions that matter to us now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group has outgrown its original dynamic but remains trapped in old patterns of intellectual competition rather than collaborative truth-seeking.

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