revealing/inquiring :: arguing/interrogating 2×2

thread:

Change how you perceive your environment. It actually changes you more than your environment, but if you share it with somebody else, it can change your perception of me.

If I tell you some fact about me, or some story, that is going to change your perception of me. One way I could tell you that fact is because I am trying to get you to perceive me in a particular way. A different way I could perceive you is by sharing that fact, but I am not in control of how you perceive me differently.

Either way, it changes you. In one version, I am trying to change you into something, and in the other, I am just like, "Incidentally, this thing is true. How does that affect your perspective?" You might be like, "Man, it doesn't really matter to me," and I am like, "Okay, cool." It might build trust, or diminish trust, or whatever.