Against Interminable Arguments | Scott Alexander | Slate Star Codex | 6th March 2016

Someone is wrong on the internet! How best to respond? Avoiding interminable arguments is “an important social engineering problem we’re really bad at”. The best short advice is probably to take the argument to email. “Email is private and removes the performative factor; I can’t say how many times a previously terrible discussion has become manageable and productive as soon as it gets outside the public eye”