Those who lived in societies not influenced by Western social philosophy, like Native Americans and other indigenous peoples, often utilized a different approach to communication. The approach they used is designed to facilitate understanding. Conversation and dialogue possess many of the properties of “understanding” communication. The emphasis of “understanding” communication is on listening to the perspective of others.
There's a paradoxical conundrum of life sometimes expressed as a homiletic by persons who intentionally and purposefully pursue enlightenment, that phrase goes something like: The more I learn, the less I know.
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