Author AJ Jacobs explains his strategy of viewing political discussions as cooperative puzzles to solve rather than as debates or battles.

So when I'm having a political Discussion with someone from the Opposite side of the spectrum I try not To frame it as a debate or a war but Instead as a puzzle why do we disagree On what we disagree why do we believe What we believe and if we do disagree What the puzzle is what what do we do From there and I find it a much more Effective you you you actually get some Solutions and out of it and also just From my own mental health it is so much Better to see this as a Cooperative Adventure in figuring out why we Disagree as opposed to a war of words Where no one rarely um changes their Mind uh and instead just polarizes and Entrenches