Conversations about diversity, inclusion, and group dynamics require group members to come to a shared understanding of what community does and doesn’t mean. Religious groups that have in-built doctrine or philosophy about being one can start out aiming for community and settling for uniformity. Rather than training ourselves how to be together with others without […]
Why information fails
Last month, the London Guardian reported that the mantra of the Brexit campaigners was “Facts don’t work… You have got to connect with people emotionally.” MSNBC’s Maddow Show contributors also fretted about this political information approach spreading to Europe from the United States. But emotion-heavy, data-light appeals have long been part of British and continental […]