Content note: descriptions of torture and sexual violence. Torture has a long, long history as a social, political, and religious tool. In every human era from the misty prehistoric through self-proclaimed modern civilizations, people in power have noted our aversion to severe pain and severe punishment, and used it to control, constrain, and coerce others. Happening right now: Police officers in Mexico beat […]
Elie Wiesel: I Still Believe in Man
Living With an Open Heart I belong to a generation that has often felt abandoned by God and betrayed by mankind. And yet I believe that we must not give up on either… We must choose between the violence of adults and the smiles of children, between the ugliness of hate and the will to […]
Video: The Power of Outrospection
The 21st Century as the Age of Empathy? Check out Roman Krznaric in this RSA-Animated talk: The Power of Outrospection (ht: @FetzerInstitute)