We absolutely have to figure out how to provide off ramps to center right folks who have felt alienated by the left. There is a window of opportunity, real dissonance on the right. Let’s not blow it by rubbing it in their faces and pushing them away all over again.

Really interesting article by @kurtjgray.bsky.social about a potential misunderstanding in our understanding of evolution and human nature, and its implications for how we interact across group and identity boundaries— gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/o...

Democracy assistance practitioners often think democracy is about institutions, but that’s a narrow view and may help explain why democracies have proven so vulnerable, and why efforts to strengthen them are limited. In fact democracy is about behaviors- institutional, social, and individual.

hey world, we have a lot of work to do these next couple years to avoid getting fully cooked in our lifetime huh