This seems important

In class today the conversation took a very interesting turn towards the end of the session. It had been back-and-forthing about whether or not the internet is a negative impact on human relationships and communication. Good points were made on each side. I think this constituted a good transformational conversation (using the transactional, transformational, transcendent framework here). Then toward the end the idea of negotiation was introduced --in the context that when something new comes along there are always gains and losses that must be negotiated. Then after that the concept of balance was introduced --which, like negotiation, moved the conversation beyond back-and-forthing. In complexity-theory terms we witnessed a phase-change. In the typology of conversation framework, we saw the conversation move from transformational to transcendent. But (and this is the part that seems most important to me) is that negotiation and balance are both dialogical concepts. Negotiation implies a dialog between at least two parties. And balance implies a dialog between two different elements or positions.