AI: Humanity’s Ultimate Ally in Confronting Global Challenges and Shaping a Sustainable Future
https://mayall.medium.com/ai-humanitys-ultimate-ally-in-confronting-global-challenges-and-shaping-a-sustainable-future-aa76af54dd41
Why is empathy central to democracy?
https://open.substack.com/pub/framelab/p/george-lakoff-why-is-empathy-central?r=1ewbq&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
We must refuse the diversity facade
From “Silencing White Noise: Six Practices to Overcome Our Inaction on Race” by Willie Dwayne Francois III – Brazos Press We must refuse the diversity facade in favor of power-sharing and repair first. “The Whiteness problem” necessitates more than appeals for unity and hopes for “not seeing color.” Racial repair is a process that accounts …
Male headship
From “Scapegoats: The Gospel Through the Eyes of Victims” by Jennifer Garcia Bashaw – Fortress Press Sally Gallagher, a sociology of religion researcher, has studied the complementarian ideas in evangelicalism for years. She argues that the majority of evangelicals cling tightly to the delineation of men and women’s roles not for biblical or theological convictions …
Evil Is a Social Reality
Evil Is a Social Reality
Trans Folks Share What They Wish Lawmakers Knew About Their Lives
“In the most recent tally, the ACLU has tracked over 460 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in state legislatures across the country this year. “ https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/transgender-people-share-for-lawmakers-to-know-trans-experience
The 10 Most Popular Happiness Boosters
https://www.viacharacter.org/topics/articles/the-10-most-popular-happiness-boosters
Post-Truth?
From “How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion” by David McRaney As the decade came to a close, a New York Times op-ed titled “The Age of Post-Truth Politics” argued that democracy itself was now in danger because facts had “lost their ability to support consensus.” The New Yorker examined “Why …
When We Believe What People Say About Us
by Susan K. Smith In his book, James Baldwin: A Biography. author David Leeming writes, “Children believe what their parents tell them, and oppressed minorities constantly face the danger of believing the myths attached to them by their oppressors.” Those words lead to his observations about James Baldwin and his revelations about his stepfather, who, Baldwin said, …
The legacy of tribalism
From “The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy” by Christopher Beem All these innate features of human behavior combine to create a very formidable predisposition. All of us seek out those with whom we are comfortable, those who are like us and with whom we share some …
Braver Angels Annual Report
We invite you to check out the new Braver Angels Annual Report https://bit.ly/42fBjUe
No, the framers were not more about protecting religion from the state than vice versa
Connecticut is a case in point. https://religionnews.com/2023/05/05/no-the-framers-were-not-more-about-protecting-religion-from-the-state-than-vice-versa/
The Doctrine of Discovery
From “The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery” by Sarah Augustine The Doctrine of Discovery may sound like something from the past, a discrete historical event from back when Christians didn’t “know better.” Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. The Doctrine of Discovery formed the deep structure …
California Panel Calls for Billions in Reparations for Black Residents
A task force recommended that legislators enact a sweeping program to compensate for the economic harm from racism in the state’s history. You can read the free article here.
Lip Service
From “US: The Resurrection of American Terror” by Rev. Kenneth W. Wheeler After every Racial Awareness Sunday, I would go back to my community on the far northwest side of Milwaukee. And the white members would return to their lives, where they would rarely come in contact with a person of color. In their everyday …
We can’t even agree on the facts anymore.
From “20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America” by Ryan P. Burge I was doing what I knew was a mistake. I got into an argument with someone on social media. They were making a point using statistical evidence that I knew to be false. So I did what I always do in situations …
Anticipatory Obedience
From “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” by Timothy Snyder Anticipatory obedience is a political tragedy. Perhaps rulers did not initially know that citizens were willing to compromise this value or that principle. Perhaps a new regime did not at first have the direct means of influencing citizens one way or another. After …
The Economics of Trust
A cynic might ask, “So what? Is trust really more than a nice-to-have social virtue, a so-called hygiene factor? Can you measurably illustrate that trust is a hard-edged economic driver?” I intent to answer these questions emphatically in this book by clearly demonstrating the strong business case for trust. Here’s a simple formula that will …