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A comedian's take on how to save democracy | Jordan Klepper

TED Business

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Business, Modupe Akinola, Ted Business Podcast, Business Leadership Podcast, Ted Talks Business, Ted Modupe, Ted Talks

41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Conversation is a battlefield with only one winner. Or is it? Comedian and author Jordan Klepper believes we can get better at talking to each other (and perhaps save democracy) by learning how to lose.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ted Audio Collective.

0:14.0

let's say debate with someone I love. For instance, is it right to floss before you brush your teeth or after?

0:20.0

I obviously think you should do it before, but at least I'm open to hearing the

0:24.8

cockamamey argument someone might make about doing it after.

0:29.2

There are all sorts of small things that I find myself strangely indignant about.

0:34.6

Like, where do you stand on having a TV in your bedroom or not?

0:39.4

Letting your pet sleep in your bed?

0:41.7

Are capers delicious or nasty?

0:44.0

Pomegranates refreshing or not worth the trouble.

0:47.0

And while these things might seem silly,

0:50.0

these spirited dialogues with my friends and family are actually a helpful training ground for learning how to disagree.

0:58.0

And more than that, learning how to consider.

1:08.2

I'm a dupeak andola, this is Ted Business. Our speaker today is the Daily Show's Jordan Clepper. He's here to tell us that conceding or being open to it is crucial to democracy.

1:17.0

In this talk, he gives us three tips on how to get better at talking with people you disagree with. But first, a quick break.

1:27.0

How is AI shaping human stuff? Work, relationships, culture, art. Will all of this look drastically different

1:35.9

in the next 10 years? Some predictions are just hype, but not all of them. My name is Belable

1:41.6

Sudu and I'm here to cut through the noise and clear AI up for you in my

1:45.3

new podcast from the TED Audio Collective, the TED AI Show.

1:49.8

Join me in interviewing the world's leading experts, artists, and journalists for a firsthand look and new

1:54.8

perspective on the fast-moving world of AI. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts.

2:00.0

When Ted asked me to be a part of this democracy event, I was flattered.

2:09.0

When they told me it was a pro-democracy event, I paused.

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