This 1990 video transcript captures David Bohm explaining dialogue's theoretical foundations shortly before his death. He begins with etymology: 'dia logos' means "through the word," not "two". communication flowing among people rather than argument. He recalls reading about a North American hunter-gatherer tribe of 20-40 people who gathered in circles without agenda or authority, made no decisions, yet afterward "seemed to know what to do." Bohm explains why thought defends itself against evidence: whatever you create through thought, you must keep thinking that thought is right to maintain it. On the ecological crisis: "Thought produces results, but thought says it didn't do it." He introduces *suspension*: not suppressing anger but holding it in front of you like a mirror, seeing "the connection of thinking and emotion." Bohm notes this is easier to see individually, but provides background for understanding collective behaviour; setting up Part 2's discussion of dialogue in practice.