Star-manning is ultimately the ability to see ideological opponents as people, disagreements as opportunities, and common ground as something worth finding.
Love this progression from strawman to steelman to starman. The idea of acknowledging someone's humanity before engaging their argument is somthing I've tried to practice but never had words for. Once ran a workshop where participants had to argue positions they disagreed with, and seeing people genuinley wrestle with opposing viewpoints totally shifted the conversation quality.
"Students develop deep civic knowledge and sophisticated civil discourse skills by exploring diverse American experiences—centering historically marginalized voices and the unique challenges various groups have faced alongside the contributions each has made—while also studying the constitutional principles and democratic processes that form our shared civic foundations."
Hmm...I recognize this language from somewhere. Was it cribbed? Of course it's familiar: it is taken directly from "The Book of Woke" (2020)—knew it sounded familiar...
Thanks for sharing this. It's surprising that "The Book of Woke" advocates constitutional principles, democratic processes, civil discourse and foundations. Do you have a link to this book and author? I'd like to read it but wasn't able to find on Amazon.
Thank you very much for this, Lisa! Our job is to pave a better way forward. Hopefully star-manning is a tool in the toolkit to help us do so.
Love this progression from strawman to steelman to starman. The idea of acknowledging someone's humanity before engaging their argument is somthing I've tried to practice but never had words for. Once ran a workshop where participants had to argue positions they disagreed with, and seeing people genuinley wrestle with opposing viewpoints totally shifted the conversation quality.
There are plenty of resources for you at starmanning.com!
"Students develop deep civic knowledge and sophisticated civil discourse skills by exploring diverse American experiences—centering historically marginalized voices and the unique challenges various groups have faced alongside the contributions each has made—while also studying the constitutional principles and democratic processes that form our shared civic foundations."
Hmm...I recognize this language from somewhere. Was it cribbed? Of course it's familiar: it is taken directly from "The Book of Woke" (2020)—knew it sounded familiar...
Thanks for sharing this. It's surprising that "The Book of Woke" advocates constitutional principles, democratic processes, civil discourse and foundations. Do you have a link to this book and author? I'd like to read it but wasn't able to find on Amazon.
Clarence Page is a good model of this. Great piece.