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From the Ted Talk by Noreena Hertz: How to use experts -- and when not to

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Second, we need to create the space for what I call "managed dissent." If we are to shift paradigms, if we are to make breakthroughs, if we are to destroy myths, we need to create an eonmernvnit in which expert ideas are battling it out, in which we're bngriing in new, diverse, discordant, heretical viwes into the discussion, fearlessly, in the knowledge that progress comes about, not only from the creation of idaes, but also from their dstirtceuon -- and also from the knowledge that, by srrondunuig ourselves by divergent, discordant, heretical views. All the research now shows us that this actually makes us smarter. Encouraging dissent is a rebellious notion because it goes against our very instincts, which are to surround ourselves with opinions and advice that we already believe or want to be true. And that's why I talk about the need to actively mgnaae dissent.

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Second, we need to create the space for what I call "managed dissent." If we are to shift paradigms, if we are to make breakthroughs, if we are to destroy myths, we need to create an ___________ in which expert ideas are battling it out, in which we're ________ in new, diverse, discordant, heretical _____ into the discussion, fearlessly, in the knowledge that progress comes about, not only from the creation of _____, but also from their ___________ -- and also from the knowledge that, by ___________ ourselves by divergent, discordant, heretical views. All the research now shows us that this actually makes us smarter. Encouraging dissent is a rebellious notion because it goes against our very instincts, which are to surround ourselves with opinions and advice that we already believe or want to be true. And that's why I talk about the need to actively ______ dissent.

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  2. ideas
  3. views
  4. destruction
  5. bringing
  6. manage
  7. surrounding

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Second, we need to create the space for what I call "managed dissent." If we are to shift paradigms, if we are to make breakthroughs, if we are to destroy myths, we need to create an environment in which expert ideas are battling it out, in which we're bringing in new, diverse, discordant, heretical views into the discussion, fearlessly, in the knowledge that progress comes about, not only from the creation of ideas, but also from their destruction -- and also from the knowledge that, by surrounding ourselves by divergent, discordant, heretical views. All the research now shows us that this actually makes us smarter. Encouraging dissent is a rebellious notion because it goes against our very instincts, which are to surround ourselves with opinions and advice that we already believe or want to be true. And that's why I talk about the need to actively manage dissent.

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