We think of dialogue as an uncomplicated word: it’s talk, essentially, and it involves the back-and-forth between people who decide to discuss a given subject, be it to convince the other about a point of view, exchange opinions, or just to enrich each other’s knowledge about some shared interest. Dialogue involves a communicative turn-taking that is orderly and instinctively governed by unspoken rules. From a Burkean terministic screens approach, dialogue selects co-creation, bidirectionality, and reciprocity, deflects unidirectionality, coercion, power asymmetries, and reflects ethical engagement, ideal communication channels, and mutual understanding.