Psychology

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The Power of Thinking Small

 

“The power of these small groups lie in the fact that they represent the largest, most well-organized, unified and reliable minority of voters. This reactionary minority may not be big enough to win national elections anymore, but they are just large enough to swing local ones and that’s enough to wield powerful influence.

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Those of us who believe in pluralism and democracy must understand the power of thinking small and take action.
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we must act with the confidence that we can change the world, because the actions of small groups of committed people is the only thing that ever has.”
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Social Networks and the Global Brain | THE RABBIT HOLE with Deepak Chopra

Description: Deepak Chopra takes us to the inner workings of the global brain, molded more and more by technology and social media.* Social media and networks play a major role in global culture, through political campaigns, social movements, and personal relationships. How we choose to use it will impact the direction in which our global brain evolves.

THE RABBIT HOLE features fast-paced and mind-blowing explorations of BIG questions: What is death? Who is God? Is life an illusion? Are we alone in the universe? Using visually stunning graphics and music, we fall down the rabbit hole as Deepak Chopra provides his intriguing take on some of humanity’s eternal questions.

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Community Village‘s insight:

 

A short insightful video!

 

I’ve been noticing that world politics and human rights issues seem to be on a fast track to justice with the invention of social media.

 

@getgln

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Five Ways to Change Someone Else’s Mind

if any of the 5 persuasion techniques goes wrong, the others won’t be of much use  -Deepak Chopra

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

In human rights work, a constant goal is to convince people that people should have human human rights — regardless of their nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual preference, or physical and mental abilities.

 

It’s not enough to tell ourselves that “this is common sense”. People need to be reminded to not be prejudice and laws need to be fixed to protect and empower people.

 

Click through for Chopra’s 5 steps that dig into the complexity of human emotions and persuasion techniques.

@getgln

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The Power of Vulnerability

 

Influential author and speaker Dr Brené Brown tackles the myth that vulnerability is a weakness. Instead, she argues, it is the clearest path to courage and meaningful connection, and has the power to transform the way we engage and educate.

 

“Our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be brokenhearted.” -Dr. Brené Brown

 

“Empathy fuels connections. Sympathy drives disconnections.” -Dr. Brené Brown

 

  • Shame: “I am bad” | makes us think that we can’t change
  • Guilt: “I did something bad” | creates cognitive dissonance
  • Humiliation
  • Embarrassment

 

Community Village‘s insight:

In Dr. Brown’s message I recognize my many failures :/

 

I could listen to this over and over to:

 

  • help me a better parent, spouse and citizen
  • help me discover groups who shame other groups
  • help me recognize patterns of shaming that happen between cultures

 

Shaming is the starting point in the process of oppression.

 

If you convince yourself that you and your culture is superior AND you convince others by shaming them that they and their culture is inferior – you have the ingredients to start the oppression. Once the oppression has started it can self sustain with no further involvement.

 

@getgln

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