Канал: Few Years' Resolution

9.15. Major Reform #3: Global Accountability

9.15. Major Reform #3: Global Accountability

9.14. Major Reform #2: Making Our Elections Fairer

9.14. Major Reform #2: Making Our Elections Fairer

9.13. Major Reform #1: Torch the Two-Party System

9.13. Major Reform #1: Torch the Two-Party System

9.12. How to *Really* Solve Our Economic Woes

9.12. How to Really Solve Our Economic Woes

9.11. What Capitalism Can and Can't Do

9.11. What Capitalism Can and Can't Do

9.10. Government for the People

9.10. Government for the People

9.9. What Governments Can and Can't Do

9.9. What Governments Can and Can't Do

9.8. Our Crisis of Information

9.8. Our Crisis of Information

9.7. Fixing Religion

9.7. Fixing Religion

9.6. Fixing the Media

9.6. Fixing the Media

9.5. Fixing Education

9.5. Fixing Education

9.4. What Caused Our Current Crisis?

9.4. What Caused Our Current Crisis?

9.3. How to Tell If an Institution Is Broken

9.3. How to Tell If an Institution Is Broken

9.2. Demystifying Institutions

9.2. Demystifying Institutions

9.1. Institutions Are Hard to Get Right

9.1. Institutions Are Hard to Get Right

8.16. The Most Important Rule of Social Change

8.16. The Most Important Rule of Social Change

8.15. Criticisms and Protests: Where's the Line?

8.15. Criticisms and Protests: Where's the Line?

8.14. The Iron Law of Oligarchy

8.14. The Iron Law of Oligarchy

8.13. Media Coverage of Social Movements

8.13. Media Coverage of Social Movements

8.12. Direct Confrontation Isn't Always Best

8.12. Direct Confrontation Isn't Always Best

8.11. Don't Jump the Gun!

8.11. Don't Jump the Gun!

8.10. Following Is More Important Than Leading

8.10. Following Is More Important Than Leading

8.9. We Don't Have to Start from Scratch!

8.9. We Don't Have to Start from Scratch!

8.8. Self-Interests and Collective Action

8.8. Self-Interests and Collective Action

8.7. Ideologies and Collective Action

8.7. Ideologies and Collective Action

8.6. Misinformation and Collective Action

8.6. Misinformation and Collective Action

8.5. Personal Hangups and Collective Action

8.5. Personal Hangups and Collective Action

8.4. Squandering Our Greatest Strength

8.4. Squandering Our Greatest Strength

8.3. We Are Not Our Institutional Roles

8.3. We Are Not Our Institutional Roles

8.2. Social Movements and the Tragedy of the Commons

8.2. Social Movements and the Tragedy of the Commons

8.1. The More People Can Participate, the More People Will Participate

8.1. The More People Can Participate, the More People Will Participate

7.16. When Our Ideologies Try to Win, Our Society Loses

7.16. When Our Ideologies Try to Win, Our Society Loses

7.15. Don't Let the Ideologues Push You Out!

7.15. Don't Let the Ideologues Push You Out!

7.14. Change How You Believe, Not What You Believe

7.14. Change How You Believe, Not What You Believe

7.13. Why Saving Face Is Such a Big Deal

7.13. Why Saving Face Is Such a Big Deal

7.12. The Current Status of Conservatism

7.12. The Current Status of Conservatism

7.11. The Current Status of Liberalism

7.11. The Current Status of Liberalism

7.10. What Religion Can and Can't Do

7.10. What Religion Can and Can't Do

7.9. What Science Can and Can't Do

7.9. What Science Can and Can't Do

7.8. Who Benefits?

7.8. Who Benefits?

7.7. Depends on Your Perspective

7.7. Depends on Your Perspective

7.6. Why the Truth Can Never Be Proven

7.6. Why the Truth Can Never Be Proven

7.5. It's a Both-And World

7.5. It's a Both-And World

7.4. Reclaiming Human Inquiry

7.4. Reclaiming Human Inquiry

7.3. Just Admit We Don't Know!

7.3. Just Admit We Don't Know!

7.2. There Are No "Irreconcilable Differences"

7.2. There Are No "Irreconcilable Differences"

7.1. It Wasn't Always Like This

7.1. It Wasn't Always Like This

6.16. A Revival of Community

6.16. A Revival of Community

6.15. Just Down the Street, in a Different World

6.15. Just Down the Street, in a Different World

6.14. Online Communities

6.14. Online Communities

6.13. Building a Global Community

6.13. Building a Global Community

6.12. Intergenerational Conflict

6.12. Intergenerational Conflict

6.11. How Threats Unravel Communities

6.11. How Threats Unravel Communities

6.10. The Secret to Strong Communities

6.10. The Secret to Strong Communities

6.9. Authenticity in Communities

6.9. Authenticity in Communities

6.8. Communities Are All About Emotions

6.8. Communities Are All About Emotions

6.7. Boundary Maintenance

6.7. Boundary Maintenance

6.6. Adapting to Inequalities

6.6. Adapting to Inequalities

6.5. "Othering"

6.5. "Othering"

6.4. The Lesson of the Coming Out Movement

6.4. The Lesson of the Coming Out Movement

6.3. Imagined Communities

6.3. Imagined Communities

6.2. Declining Institutions, Declining Communities

6.2. Declining Institutions, Declining Communities

6.1. Communities in Crisis?

6.1. Communities in Crisis?

5.16. We Need a Plan!

5.16. We Need a Plan!

5.15. Democracy Deadlocked by Design

5.15. Democracy Deadlocked by Design

5.14. Lessons from Recent Movements

5.14. Lessons from Recent Movements

5.13. What Makes a Movement Successful?

5.13. What Makes a Movement Successful?

5.12. Good Enough? Or Push for More?

5.12. Good Enough? Or Push for More?

5.11. How Our Egos Get in the Way of Social Change

5.11. How Our Egos Get in the Way of Social Change

5.10. Stop Getting in Each Other's Way

5.10. Stop Getting in Each Other's Way

5.9. Act Locally...and Act Globally Too

5.9. Act Locally...and Act Globally Too

5.8. Stop Seeing Enemies Everywhere

5.8. Stop Seeing Enemies Everywhere

5.7. What Is "False Equivalence?"

5.7. What Is "False Equivalence?"

5.6. The Bogus Debate over "Values"

5.6. The Bogus Debate over "Values"

5.5. Same Goals, Different Strategies

5.5. Same Goals, Different Strategies

5.4. Preaching to the Choir

5.4. Preaching to the Choir

5.3. The Problem with "Changing Hearts and Minds"

5.3. The Problem with "Changing Hearts and Minds"

5.2. Progress Isn't in the Past

5.2. Progress Isn't in the Past

5.1. Better Conflict Resolution

5.1. Better Conflict Resolution

4.16. Don't Use Self-Improvement as an Excuse

4.16. Don't Use Self-Improvement as an Excuse

4.15. Why Self-Care Is So Important

4.15. Why Self-Care Is So Important

4.14. Awareness and Balance

4.14. Awareness and Balance

4.13. Dealing with Discomfort

4.13. Dealing with Discomfort

4.12. Defend Yourself

4.12. Defend Yourself

4.11. Why We Complain So Much

4.11. Why We Complain So Much

4.10. "Hard Work" and "Smart Choices"

4.10. "Hard Work" and "Smart Choices"

4.9. Stressed Out by Design

4.9. Stressed Out by Design

4.8. Getting Help for Your Mental Health

4.8. Getting Help for Your Mental Health

4.7. The "Victim Mentality"

4.7. The "Victim Mentality"

4.6. Mental Health and Addictions

4.6. Mental Health and Addictions

4.5. Why Are We So Unhealthy?

4.5. Why Are We So Unhealthy?

4.4. The Pursuit of Happiness

4.4. The Pursuit of Happiness

4.3. How Bad Do You Really Have It?

4.3. How Bad Do You Really Have It?

4.2. The Ill Effects of Competition

4.2. The Ill Effects of Competition

4.1. Making Peace with Your Limits

4.1. Making Peace with Your Limits

3.16. A Way Out of This Mess

3.16. A Way Out of This Mess

3.15. Violence or Nonviolence?

3.15. Violence or Nonviolence?

3.14. Our Great Global Crisis

3.14. Our Great Global Crisis

3.13. Power to the People

3.13. Power to the People

3.12. The Most Important Cause You Can Support

3.12. The Most Important Cause You Can Support

3.11. Gandhi's Greatest Idea

3.11. Gandhi's Greatest Idea

3.10. Why "Double Standards" Are Fair Standards

3.10. Why "Double Standards" Are Fair Standards

3.9. Systems of Oppression

3.9. Systems of Oppression

3.8. Get Out of Your Head and Into the World

3.8. Get Out of Your Head and Into the World

3.7. The Problem with "More Education"

3.7. The Problem with "More Education"

3.6. Stubbornness Vs. Conviction

3.6. Stubbornness Vs. Conviction

3.5. Why Inclusion Matters

3.5. Why Inclusion Matters

3.4. Real Change Requires ACTION

3.4. Real Change Requires ACTION

3.3. Why We Avoid the Burden of Change

3.3. Why We Avoid the Burden of Change

3.2. What's the Optimal Outcome (and How Do We Know?)

3.2. What's the Optimal Outcome (and How Do We Know?)

3.1. Why Can't We Agree on What to Do?

3.1. Why Can't We Agree on What to Do?

2.16. The Way Forward

2.16. The Way Forward

2.15. Why We Need to Start Thinking About Global Governance

2.15. Why We Need to Start Thinking About Global Governance

2.14. We Can't Keep Fighting Over Our Beliefs

2.14. We Can't Keep Fighting Over Our Beliefs

2.13. Why There's No Such Thing as "Reverse" Discrimination

2.13. Why There's No Such Thing as "Reverse" Discrimination

2.12. Why You Should Rethink Your Technophobia

2.12. Why You Should Rethink Your Technophobia

2.11. Neoliberalism: What It Is and Why It Matters

2.11. Neoliberalism: What It Is and Why It Matters

2.10. The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement

2.10. The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement

2.9. The Legacy of World War II

2.9. The Legacy of World War II

2.8. Why Big Corporations Almost Always Get Their Way

2.8. Why Big Corporations Almost Always Get Their Way

2.7. Why Our Educational System Is Set Up to Fail

2.7. Why Our Educational System Is Set Up to Fail

2.6. Why We Can't Agree on Anything

2.6. Why We Can't Agree on Anything

2.5. Why We Have to Preserve Our Democracy

2.5. Why We Have to Preserve Our Democracy

2.4. The Legacy of Slavery and Colonialism

2.4. The Legacy of Slavery and Colonialism

2.3. How Money Works

2.3. How Money Works

2.2. What Makes a Government a Government?

2.2. What Makes a Government a Government?

2.1. Why We Need to Scale Up Our Institutions

2.1. Why We Need to Scale Up Our Institutions

1.16. Step 1: Wrapup

1.16. Step 1: Wrapup

1.15. Why We Should Always Have Hope

1.15. Why We Should Always Have Hope

1.14. Why We Need to Be Open-Minded and Humble

1.14. Why We Need to Be Open-Minded and Humble

1.13. Why It's So Important to Think Systemically

1.13. Why It's So Important to Think Systemically

1.12. Why Scapegoating Is So Common (and Seductive)

1.12. Why Scapegoating Is So Common (and Seductive)

1.11. Why We Can't Ignore What's Going On

1.11. Why We Can't Ignore What's Going On

1.10. How to Make Your Anger More Productive

1.10. How to Make Your Anger More Productive

1.9. How to Resist Cynicism and Despair

1.9. How to Resist Cynicism and Despair

1.8. Why Ideologies Are the Biggest Obstacle to Progress

1.8. Why Ideologies Are the Biggest Obstacle to Progress

1.7. How Privilege Makes Us Lose Perspective

1.7. How Privilege Makes Us Lose Perspective

1.6. How We React Differently to Rapid Social Change

1.6. How We React Differently to Rapid Social Change

1.5. How the "America-in-Decline" Narrative Messes with Our Heads

1.5. How the "America-in-Decline" Narrative Messes with Our Heads

1.4. Why the Media Tries So Hard to Freak Us Out

1.4. Why the Media Tries So Hard to Freak Us Out

1.3. How the Rat Race Mentality Thwarts Progress

1.3. How the Rat Race Mentality Thwarts Progress

1.2. Why Our Politics Are So Polarized

1.2. Why Our Politics Are So Polarized

1.1. Why We're Afraid to Work for Change

1.1. Why We're Afraid to Work for Change

A Plea for the Next Four Years

A Plea for the Next Four Years

Step 10: We Need to Avoid Common Pitfalls

Step 10: We Need to Avoid Common Pitfalls

Step 9: We Need to Reform Our Institutions

Step 9: We Need to Reform Our Institutions

Step 8: We Need to Act Collectively

Step 8: We Need to Act Collectively

Step 7: We Need to Deal with Our Ideological Differences

Step 7: We Need to Deal with Our Ideological Differences

Step 6: We Need to Build Strong Communities

Step 6: We Need to Build Strong Communities

Step 5: We Need to Be More Strategic About Working for Change

Step 5: We Need to Be More Strategic About Working for Change

Step 4: We Need to Take Care of Ourselves

Step 4: We Need to Take Care of Ourselves

Step 3: We Need to Set the Right Goals

Step 3: We Need to Set the Right Goals

Step 2: We Need to Take Stock

Step 2: We Need to Take Stock

Step 1: We Need to Get in the Right Frame of Mind

Step 1: We Need to Get in the Right Frame of Mind

How Do We Create Real, Lasting Social Change?

How Do We Create Real, Lasting Social Change?

Make Your Few Years' Resolution

Make Your Few Years' Resolution