Asking defeated activists to advise future teenagers elicits honest lessons
Evidence
And then, instead of asking people what they did wrong or wished they would have done differently, I tried to approach follow-up questions in another way. I would often say something like: “What would you tell a teenager in Tanzania or Mexico or Kyrgyzstan, who may live through a political explosion, or might attempt to change life in her country? What lessons would you draw from your own experiences and impart to them?” — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 52
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- XREF: connects to: Protest veterans give better lessons when asked to advise the global young