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What is Dialogue?
Webster's dictionary definition:
di·a·logue also di·a·log \d-lôg, -lg\
Dialogue is an important part of our life. We use it to communicate our thoughts, needs, ideas, and with the help of others, to make our goals and dreams a reality. It's a way to build a community. It's a way to help us understand one another. It's a way to involve everyone in a conversation which isn't meant to benefit one person over another in a zero-sum game, but to achieve unilateral success. Prolific dialogue can lead to successful accomplishments and the involvement of all of those who want to and need to act together to achieve a common purpose. Without dialogue we are left with empty communication. Different models of dialogue exist, and each has its own sets of strengths and weaknesses. Some issues, circumstances and events repeatedly and systematically prohibit true dialogue from achieving its goal, and that goal is to not only communicate with one another, but also to understand one another and move forward as a society. Too often the truths are distorted to achieve a short term goal for a select few. Misinformation, half-truths, spin, and outright lies all add to the problems faced by people around the world from understanding one another. As a society, we must look at the issues affecting prolific dialogue:
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