Dr. Jamil Zaki

Exactly. I mean, I know you all had Malcolm Gladwell on talking about tipping points and how epidemics, for instance, you reach this point and then all of a sudden everything moves really rapidly, right? It's bit by bit and then all at once. And that can be true of virtuous social movements as well. And that's exactly what happened.

So about a decade after the Prague Spring, there was a second movement in Prague to sort of defeat and and remove the Soviet rule. And it started slowly. And then as you said, Amanda, people started realizing how many others supported this cause. And then all of a sudden things moved very quickly.

So about a decade after the Prague Spring, there was a second movement in Prague to sort of defeat and and remove the Soviet rule. And it started slowly. And then as you said, Amanda, people started realizing how many others supported this cause. And then all of a sudden things moved very quickly.

So about a decade after the Prague Spring, there was a second movement in Prague to sort of defeat and and remove the Soviet rule. And it started slowly. And then as you said, Amanda, people started realizing how many others supported this cause. And then all of a sudden things moved very quickly.

And Vaclav Havel went from a jail cell to being the first democratically elected president of the country in a very short amount of time and ushered in this sort of golden age for that state. And I think that we see this now too. Like one of the issues that makes me most cynical about is climate change.

And Vaclav Havel went from a jail cell to being the first democratically elected president of the country in a very short amount of time and ushered in this sort of golden age for that state. And I think that we see this now too. Like one of the issues that makes me most cynical about is climate change.

And Vaclav Havel went from a jail cell to being the first democratically elected president of the country in a very short amount of time and ushered in this sort of golden age for that state. And I think that we see this now too. Like one of the issues that makes me most cynical about is climate change.

You know, I just feel like, oh my God, everything else means nothing if we can't slow this destruction down. And I often feel really alone in this. And it turns out that a lot of people do. Research finds that Americans believe that only 40, 35% of fellow Americans want aggressive policy to protect the climate. The real number is

You know, I just feel like, oh my God, everything else means nothing if we can't slow this destruction down. And I often feel really alone in this. And it turns out that a lot of people do. Research finds that Americans believe that only 40, 35% of fellow Americans want aggressive policy to protect the climate. The real number is

You know, I just feel like, oh my God, everything else means nothing if we can't slow this destruction down. And I often feel really alone in this. And it turns out that a lot of people do. Research finds that Americans believe that only 40, 35% of fellow Americans want aggressive policy to protect the climate. The real number is

is closer, depending on the issue, to 65% or 80%, depending on which particular issue you're looking for. So it turns out that most of us don't realize that most of us want climate action. But if you want that, you're part of a super majority. And again, discovering faith in each other now goes hand in hand with cultivating hope for the future. and not a complacent hope.

is closer, depending on the issue, to 65% or 80%, depending on which particular issue you're looking for. So it turns out that most of us don't realize that most of us want climate action. But if you want that, you're part of a super majority. And again, discovering faith in each other now goes hand in hand with cultivating hope for the future. and not a complacent hope.

is closer, depending on the issue, to 65% or 80%, depending on which particular issue you're looking for. So it turns out that most of us don't realize that most of us want climate action. But if you want that, you're part of a super majority. And again, discovering faith in each other now goes hand in hand with cultivating hope for the future. and not a complacent hope.

One where we could say, hey, most of us want this. Let's fight harder. Let's pressure governments more. Let's pressure industry more to make change because that's what the vast majority of the country and the world desires.

One where we could say, hey, most of us want this. Let's fight harder. Let's pressure governments more. Let's pressure industry more to make change because that's what the vast majority of the country and the world desires.

One where we could say, hey, most of us want this. Let's fight harder. Let's pressure governments more. Let's pressure industry more to make change because that's what the vast majority of the country and the world desires.

Yeah, I love this question. And one of my favorite pieces of writing on this comes from the brilliant nun and author Pema Chodron. She writes that we can let go of our assumptions. We can let go of what we think we know and treat our lives a little bit more like an experiment. And so that would be my suggestion. There's a bunch of ways you can do that. The first is to fact check your cynicism.

Yeah, I love this question. And one of my favorite pieces of writing on this comes from the brilliant nun and author Pema Chodron. She writes that we can let go of our assumptions. We can let go of what we think we know and treat our lives a little bit more like an experiment. And so that would be my suggestion. There's a bunch of ways you can do that. The first is to fact check your cynicism.

Yeah, I love this question. And one of my favorite pieces of writing on this comes from the brilliant nun and author Pema Chodron. She writes that we can let go of our assumptions. We can let go of what we think we know and treat our lives a little bit more like an experiment. And so that would be my suggestion. There's a bunch of ways you can do that. The first is to fact check your cynicism.

If you find yourself judging somebody you just met or mistrusting a whole group of people, ask yourself, what evidence do I have for this claim? If I had to defend this position, how would I do it? Oftentimes when I feel this, which is quite often, I realize, wait a minute, that's just kind of a vibe that I'm getting more than it's really based on any information.