[Ailist] Re: Connecting with Others

[Cheri Torres]

Kevin and Others,

I would hope that the notion of authentic communication were relevant to AI.
:o)

I ask specifically because I'm interested in how you are using it in the
context of your email.  I have wrestled with the notion of authenticity for
some time and am currently of a mind that most everyone is usually as
authentic as they can be. Fears, values, life conditions, etc., all create
boundaries for how each of us "shows up" and I think that what is genuine
and authentic within one frame may not be experienced that way from a
different frame. AI actually makes room for these differences through
inquiry. 

For me, AI and dialogue are about engaging with others in ways that allow
interactions to occur with the least amount of fear and the greatest
acceptance for differences in values, life conditions, and frames, which may
result in differences in what seems to be authentic.

I'm interested in your meaning as it may well cross all these
boundaries--and that would be delightful...and I think serve the AI
community!

Cheri



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[mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Kevin Kervick
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:06 AM
To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
Subject: Re: [Ailist] Re: Connecting with Others

Hello Cheri:

Thank you for asking.  Before I do so and because the moderator and others
are concerned about focus I want to be sure this is appropriate for this
listserv.  It interests me and apparently you but it may be off base for
others.

kevin


  Kevin wrote:

   

  Kevin wrote:

   

  Prevailing notions of peace-making often entail tiptoeing around
differences 

  in the search for the elusive convergence of attitudes and values.  But 

  without authentic communication, these efforts are pseudo-mutual and
achieve 

  little.  The underlying beliefs embedded in this approach are that access 

  and authenticity are the only routes to durable change and that attitudes 

  are often influenced by emotion - the mind is changed when the heart is 

  moved.

   

  Can you define for me "authentic communication" and say more about what
you mean by "access".

   

  Cheri

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