Personal Edition - Should I work for the arms industry?
Personal Edition - Should I work for the arms industry?
It’s time for another personal edition of the Discussion Experiment!
This means that a volunteer will tell us about a tricky question which is currently important in their life and we will take the question apart and see which new insights and perspectives we can gain together!
This time our volunteer, who is a software engineer, will share their dilemma about whether to accept a job offer from an arms company.
Paraphrasing their words:
The technology I would work on is the most interesting thing I have seen in the last 10 years. They payment would be really good and the company claims they only sell their technologies to democratic countries.
Working in the arms industry always used to be a very clear red line for me and I was sure, I would lose all my friends over this. But after talking to some of them, they surprisingly said that times have changed, and they’d understand if I accepted the job. Now, I’m very confused.
So let’s discuss our volunteers question, see what we can do about the confusion and learn how it might apply to our own dilemmas!
Join our discussion!
This discussion is part of the event series “The Discussion Experiment”. It serves to test and further develop new, more fruitful and fun methods for group discussions.
Participation is free. You don’t need to prepare anything or have deep knowledge of the topic — just bring your curiosity and about two and a half hours of your time.
When & where:
Thu 12 Sep – 18:30 (in English)
Berlin, Schöneberg
Please reserve your seat via Eventbrite
Here are answers to some questions you might have:
The discussion experiment is a method designed to discuss complex and controversial topics in groups in a way that creates more clarity, reduces misunderstandings and makes conversations more interesting, inspiring and fruitful.
This is achieved with a new moderation technique that slows down and relaxes the discussion and supports all speakers in formulating their statements in a more clear and focused manner.
The aim of each discussion is to further improve the method based on the experiences we make – at the same time, of course, we want to have an interesting evening and an engaging discussion.
No, this format is not about competing against each other or about convincing people through rhetorical skill. Rather, it’s about finding common ground despite different opinions and exploring various aspects of a topic together.
It’s perfectly fine to just listen. You can decide for yourself at any time how active you want to be and will not be asked to speak. The only exception is at the beginning of the conversation, where we do a quick round where all participants say their names.
The event lasts about 2,5 hours, i.e. until about 9 pm. After the event, anyone who still has time and wants to can enjoy a drink to round off the evening.
The venue is on the ground floor and accessible with wheelchairs. However, there are unfortunately no wheelchair-accessible bathrooms!
The image above was created with AI (DALL-E) and altered with Photoshop.