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Resisting Opinions

November 14, 2017 By Ian Sidden

It’s easy to get swept up in emotion, and it’s easy to give in to the desire to have an opinion with incomplete information. Especially right now and all future ages where we are bombarded with constant news, resist the pressure to have an opinion right away.

There’s plenty of time to get one, but having one immediately marries you to a point of view that may be hard to break once new information comes. And new information will come.

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Ian Sidden is currently a baritone member of the Theater Dortmund Opera chorus. Read More…

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