Communication & Storytelling

Make ideas land, and stick

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Steel-manning

Argue against the best version of their idea, not the silly one.

Definition

Restating the opposing argument in its strongest possible form before responding to it.

Step 1

In one or two sentences, what do you think this concept means? Wrong is fine; the small struggle is what makes the answer stick.