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When social groups get stuck in politeness patterns

Our book club has been meeting for three years and we've developed this polite dynamic where no one ever really disagrees with anyone else about what we're reading. It's pleasant but boring and I think we're all just going through the motions now but I don't know how to shake things up without being the troublemaker.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Conflict avoidance in the name of harmony often kills the very engagement that brought people together.

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