What’s better than money?

Money as a tool and methodology

with special thanks to Aretousa

1.”Fear of debate is a fear of confrontation and isolation. Individuality is fettered by fear of isolation. Suppression of individuality is due to fear of isolation. FOMO is the enemy of self-expression.” Also “transgression” and “an absence of ideology.”

2.“Less than a third of people feel they can share views without fear. Nearly half of us choose to censor our opinions in day-to-day life” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2021/10/29/comedy-must-not-neutered-fear-causing-offence/

3.In the dance class, they do ‘shadow work’ where you deliberately put yourself in situations where you’re uncomfortable, like asking people to dance with you who are encouraged to say ‘no’. Develop similar exercises to help solve ‘fear of debate.’ 
 
Idea to do an advert  (let’s take a commercial break) Let’s do a commercial during the presentation

4.Practice disagreeing with people (even/ especially when you don’t). Run a self-help course for those who suffer from a ‘fear of debate’, in the same way you might for a fear of spiders, or to help give up smoking (could hypnosis be the answer? Or eating less carbs?).  Do you suffer from a fear of debate? You no longer have to struggle in silence. We understand and are here to support you. (let’s take a commercial break)

suggested tips
1.- Smile while saying unpalatable things (did Margaret Thatcher and Phillip Scofield do this?)
2.- Give adversaries gifts, rulers gain power through presents. there’s no such thing as a free meal,
3.Dress up debate as something friendly and fun to make it more palatable (Pikachu/ satirical humour). Welcome to the psychopathic philanthropic institutions. They make Pikachu look like a childs toy.

Production comment. Guys, can I suggest we use a weird bland middle management tone-of-voice that a lot of people in London World of Work adopt ?

Does getting angry/ emotional get me anywhere?

Debating issues (work). Debating relationships (emotions). What are the kinds of debates? Date night/ debate night.

In conclusion ?
Fear of debate = fear of being yourself/ saying what you think? Fear of being alone/ getting it ‘wrong’? Equally, love of debate can lead to someone prodding things simply for the sake of it. I enjoy it for the sake of it, even if it’s destructive and does neither me nor anyone else any good. Debate/ being contrary is fun/ exhilarating/ exciting – makes an otherwise boring day dramatic. It can turn into manufacturing drama purely to entertain oneself or (worse) friends who egg you on (while strategically/ sensibly not joining in) until eventually you shoot yourself in the foot/ get fired/ shouted at/ hit/ disadvantaged in some way, which these friends also enjoy because it’s interesting and isn’t them. 

Fear of debate – fear of death? Discomfort? Death is the end of debate. No-one can debate when they’re dead! To debate is to be alive.

Text thoughts/ amends:

• Do you want to add the title to the written text? I guess the bullet points would make more sense then? 

• There’s a bit of repetition here (in point 3): 

“Idea to do an advert  (let’s take a commercial break) Let’s do a commercial during the presentation

Could cut one of these lines? Although neither are actually in the recording, so could maybe cut both? Not sure adds anything?

-Also, this bit of text is in that we don’t speak (in point 4): 
(let’s take a commercial break)

Cut too?

• The Telegraph website (point 2) – could perhaps but in brackets to show it’s a reference, or if we want to go full ‘academic’ add a reference number instead and fully reference it at the end. I can write it up Chicago/ Harvard style if you like! Although that then means ending on the Telegraph, which is perhaps less interesting than ‘To Debate is to be Alive’ – so perhaps brackets are best. I know, maybe keeping after point 2, in brackets, like this (then also avoids sending everyone to the Telegraph!)?: 

2.“Less than a third of people feel they can share views without fear. Nearly half of us choose to censor our opinions in day-to-day life” (Tim Davie, The Telegraph, 29 October 2021)
-In ‘suggested tips’, capitalise ‘there’s’ and full stop after ‘meal’ rather than comma:
‘there’s no such thing as a free meal,’ to 
‘There’s no such thing as a free meal.’

That’s all I think! 

Best wishes,

 
Sally