That perspective seems to assume that we can better convince people to listen to us by relating to their masked self rather than their real self. I would agree that it's important to take our respective masks into account when relating to and persuading others - this is part of being observant - but my intuition is that you are more effective when you can speak to the real person.

After all, isn't that what many of us experienced listening to Eben's speech at the electives panel?

-- MolissaFarber - 12 Mar 2009