Isn’t much of human dialog engineered to lead people somewhere?
Conversational smalltalk where both parties try to keep up the conversation and maybe steer it into a preferred direction.
Sales, where the sales person tries to position the potential buyer into a position where concerns are addressed and excuses not to buy countered (“objection handling”).
Didactics, where the desirable understanding of a topic is systematically achieved.
Isn’t much of human dialog engineered to lead people somewhere?
Conversational smalltalk where both parties try to keep up the conversation and maybe steer it into a preferred direction.
Sales, where the sales person tries to position the potential buyer into a position where concerns are addressed and excuses not to buy countered (“objection handling”).
Didactics, where the desirable understanding of a topic is systematically achieved.
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