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If you want a chance at changing minds, you need a new strategy: Stop using your values as a weapon, and start offering them as a gift.
A Gentler, Better Way to Change Minds
theatlantic.com
Many Californian imports identify more as libertarians than as progressives or conservatives, reinforcing Austin’s live-and-let-live vibe. For as long as I’ve been here, Austin has considered itself a liberal bastion, in contrast with the conservative state it finds itself in. Though the city council remains progressive, the dominant tone of Austin today—social tolerance mixed with turbocharged capitalism—is closer to libertarianism than to liberalism.
The Astonishing Transformation of Austin | The New Yorker
Lawrence Wright
The practice of jesa has taught me not to fear ghosts, or death, if I can make a feast and invitation of my life. Perhaps we can all, if we are alert enough, make enough room for their presence, and find a way to relish this life for us all — so we may all keep living on.
How I Learned to Live With Ghosts
Joseph Han
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