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National conversations such as those planned by Sheldon Hackney, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, which will include discussions on many important topics are essential to solve problems besetting pluralistic societies. These conversations will help people investigate facts of life and demolish totalitarian views. People can voice their opinions through these conversations, which might help sort differences.

Twenty-one prominent scholars participated in a meeting organized by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to plan its national conversation, aimed at bringing citizens together to speak on various topics. Sheldon Hackney, who planned this conversation, invited people from various fields to participate. The group recommended that theoretical conceptions should not be included in the conversations and that the NEH should encourage only those conversations which are lengthy in nature.