Psychologyspeaking topic
“The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.”
— Erich Fromm, The Sane Society (1955)
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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