Whenever I see a comment on social media that I think is wrong, I feel the need to correct it. These arguments can go on for days, even weeks, and if I don’t win the argument, I get overly fixated on it, wondering where I went wrong and so on.
Whenever I see a comment on social media that I think is wrong, I feel the need to correct it. These arguments can go on for days, even weeks, and if I don’t win the argument, I get overly fixated on it, wondering where I went wrong and so on.
Fast forward into the future and imagine what you, your opponent, and the world at large will be like after the argument (win or lose).
If everything remains the same, it means the argument was pointless and it’s better to save your energy for something that matters.
The last time someone “won” an argument on the internet was in 1998.