DRAFT

We need to learn how to talk to radicalized people. Not because they deserve it, but because it’s beneficial for us, long-term.

Definition of being radicalized. Cult? Anti-rationalism? Anti-science, anti-argumentation. Blind trust - only one speaks the truth, everyone else lies. Black-and-white thinking.

Deradicalisation as a decentralized process.

Bad-faith, good-faith.

LEAP

  • Listen without an agenda, with honest and open curiosity.
  • Empathize.

Deep concern and worry about different issues.

Socratic dialogue. Ask open questions in good faith.

Less black-and-white.

First reduce safety mode [7], then talk.

Have to first show empathy to reach a problem-solving state-of-mind [6].

Sources

[1] https://sa1s3.patientpop.com/assets/docs/85479.pdf - LEAP

[2] I’m not sick, I don’t need help, Xavier Amador

[3] Behave, Sapolsky

[4] Prisoners of Hate, Aaron Beck

[5] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4314927/ - Black & white thinking: A cognitive distortion

[6] CBT for cancer

[7] Recovery-oriented therapy for serious mental illness.