{"product_id":"9780008498665","title":"The Art of Disagreeing Well","description":"\u003cp\u003eEveryone debates, in some form, most days. Sometimes we do it to persuade; other times to learn, discover the truth, or simply to express something about ourselves. We argue to defend ourselves, our work, and our loved ones from external threats. We do it to get our way, or just to get ahead.\u003cbr\u003eAs a two-time debating world champion, Bo has made a career out of arguing. Over the past few years, however, he's noticed how we're not only arguing more and more but getting worse at it - a fact proven by our polarised politics. By tracing his own journey from immigrant kid to world champion, as well as those of illustrious participants in the sport such as Malcolm X, Edmund Burke and Sally Rooney, Seo shows how the skills of debating - information gathering, truth-finding, lucidity, organization, and persuasion - are often the cornerstone of successful careers and happy lives. Along the way, he provides the reader with an unforgettable toolkit to use debate as a means to improve their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is every person's guide to disagreeing well so that the outcome of having had an argument is better than not having it at all. Taking readers on a thrilling intellectual adventure into the eccentric and brilliant subculture of competitive debate, The Art of Disagreeing Well proves that good-faith debate can enrich and improve our lives, friendships, democracies and in the process, our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Bo+Seo\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eBo Seo\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bo Seo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379940081827,"sku":"9780008498665","price":440.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780008498665_06375aed-1f99-4da2-9e13-b2e085816f33.jpg?v=1776450387","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780008498665","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}