Opinion
added by Aidan S Marcuss · updated 5mo ago
Opinion
Even in the midst of civil strife and hard conversations, I try to return to the great humanistic declaration made by the Roman dramatist Terence: “I am human, and nothing human is alien to me.”
from How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks
Claudiu and added
- “Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave — and it is often hard to be brave — be kind.”
from Ten Articles Explaining the 2024 Election by Sarah Kendzior
Sarah Kendzior
sari added
- Every day I talk to smart young people who want to work in tech or become founders. And I ask them a simple and obvious question—one that should be instinctual to answer. Not about their revenue goals or their product or how they’re going to scale a team from 5 to 50. But a more essential question: What do you believe? Why will people follow you? I... See more
from How to Win the Fight for America by Katherine Boyle
sari added
on the importance of having high agency beliefs + conviction
Its simplest expression was formulated by Holocaust historian Yehudah Bauer: Thou shalt not be a bystander.
from To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility by Jonathan Sacks
