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How groups avoid conflict at the cost of genuine connection

Our book club started as a way to have deeper conversations but we've developed this unspoken rule where no one can really disagree with anyone else and now every discussion feels shallow and performative.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group's unconscious agreement to avoid discomfort prevents the very depth of engagement they originally sought.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Reading deeply — the examined practice?”

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