Social Change Independence ⇄ Interdependence When I was younger, I prided myself on being independent, not needing others' help. That's why, when I sliced my thumb open in a Safeway, I just wrapped it in
ART The Other Side .content img { width: 480px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; border: none; } Originally posted as four pics in a tweet. Links to the authors' books: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt A
Social Change Evolution, Not Revolution The next time you're tempted to praise an idea, a movement, or yet another photo-sharing app as "revolutionary"... remember how actual revolutions usually turn out. Like everyone else,
Nicky Reads Three Books on Violence Forty-nine people at a queer nightclub, then a Member of Parliament in Britain, then 300+ Muslims during Ramadan, then two black men, then five police officers, then 84 beachgoers, then
Emergence Emergent Evil For my first collaboration with PBS Frontline, I've been reading lots of research on the psychology of genocide, massacres, and terrorism. Been doing this for a bit over a month
Social Change The Science of Social Change We're doing it wrong. Doing what wrong? The way we, activists and storytellers, seem to go about trying to change peoples' minds: by more or less just telling them “you're
