Comment by aerhardt
8 months ago
I like people like that too, but surely the world and more narrowly the human experience also benefit from having people that are competitive or even disagreeable?
8 months ago
I like people like that too, but surely the world and more narrowly the human experience also benefit from having people that are competitive or even disagreeable?
Mostly, yes, but I think at its core, the world benefits from honesty more than out right agreeable- or disagreeableness. We should speak up when we feel the need to agree or disagree, but we shouldn't play devil's advocate for the sake of it.
We absolutely should play devil's advocate. It is the attempt to think about a situation from a different angle and usually is understood to be such. Not an attack; a shake up to see if the structure stands to opposition.
That's a purpose beyond "for the sake of it"...
You can be competitive and supportive of your enemies.