A gentler, better way to change minds
I find it strange that this article presumes that you have all the right answers and that there isn't the possibility that <i>you</i> are the one who needs their mind changed. It points out that listening is valuable, but not because there's a possibility that the person you're talking to is in the right, no, you should listen to other people because studies show that listening to other people will manipulate them into seeing things your way.
I feel like if you really wanted to live in a world of open-minded people, you should probably start by being open-minded yourself.<p>Here's a good trick I picked up for discussing contentious things - if you're ever tempted to dish out a sick burn, try to rephrase the point into a genuine question. Then the other person will have to walk through the logic of it, and if it turns out there is a real logic to their side of things, you don't get your ego bruised, cause you just asked a genuine question.