Part 7/10:
How to Approach and Engage: The Craft of Human Intelligence
The speaker outlined the importance of understanding a person's background and developmental stages to tailor interactions effectively. This requires constructing a "dossier" based on general knowledge about a person’s upbringing, cultural background, and formative years:
From birth to age 7: The brain is a sponge, absorbing information indiscriminately. Children in this stage are unaware of true vs. false, absorbing narratives from their environment.
From 7 to 13: They begin differentiating truth from falsehood but still heavily influenced by early impressions, forming preferences for certain types of information.