Professor Alison Wood Brooks
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And she goes, yes and.
And then she would make her point.
And it could be a complete disagreement.
But I noticed she was doing it and I loved it.
Do we need to kill the word but?
Because what ends up happening is someone will say, the thing you just said about validating relationships.
Yes, I completely understand.
I think you made a great point, Alison.
But, and the minute I say but, it's kind of like I've just taken an eraser to everything you just said.
But it just completely, it just, it immediately says.
One of the things we notice when we have conversations on this show about conversation is people really care about likability.
Like they really want to know what's making them disliked and they really want to know how to be liked.
Did you invent it?
I did.
So you would say that.
Okay.
It's the best in the world ever.
Thank you, Stephen.
Topics.
So what's the game here?