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When it comes to understanding American divides and what we might do to lower toxicity, what have been the books, websites, or other resources that have most impacted how you think about that topic? We're compiling some of the best resources and would love your thoughts!
So far: -Book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided Over Politics and Religion - Book: Crucial Conversations -A Braver Way podcast - Courageous Life podcast w Joshua Steinfeldt - Reading Fierce Civility now - Most resources I know of are more about shifting one’s own perceptions and managing for self vs how to lower toxicity in a larger sense, such as when you’re part of a community in which toxicity has a hold. Hope you’ll share the list you compile!
This was one of the most insightful podcasts episodes I listened to on the topic: https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/passion-isnt-enough/. It really changed the way I viewed how people were entering conversations and participating in society.
Hesha Abrams
1mo
- Book: Holding The Calm: The Secret to Resolving Conflict and Defusing Tension
Founder @ Indaba Application Network — IAN | Ph.D in International Studies | Ranked Choice Voting Wonk | Publisher of miniherald.com | Promoter of Gold Watch Club for straw poll vetting of Joe Biden’s successor.
1moThis conversation put on by the National Governors Conference about how collegiality was revived in the Supreme Court by Sandra Day O’Conner is truly eye opening and inspiring. We need a national movie night. https://youtu.be/S4sBvZVqsHE?si=O3RYGN3f_GkmgKGt