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The science all points to one thing: we’re heading for a climate catastrophe that can still be averted. But humans remain reluctant to change their habits. What’s the reason for this inertia? What’s getting in our way?
Hi, I am Holly Mercer, Library Director at the Dodge City Community College. If you are like me, you may have several authors you look forward to reading whenever a new book is published. For me, Brené Brown is one such author. Two of my favorite titles from her are Raising Strong and Dare to Lead.
Or are you sort of in this suspended reality in a country at war? >> i would say it's probably the latter. i mean, i would describe kind of my experience on the ground as a major case of cognitive dissonance. on one hand, most of the, you know, hospitality joints are operating, and you know, life seems normal. and then you hear the air raid alerts, and then out of the blue, major tragedies happen that remind us of the early days of the war. so, obviously, there is no long-term planning. we don't know what's going to happen next week. and you know, by the way, i'v heard something -- i've writte...
Is. help us understand, what are trump supporters so afraid of? >> we i think they're living with a lot of cognitive dissonance. think about the dynamic. are republican officials, republican trump officials from bill barr on down including republican officials in places like georgia come on television, they testify that your worst fears about what donald trump was trying to do our true. and, the reaction from some of the trump supporters watching is to threaten adam kinzinger and his family. that is another way of saying, stop telling me these things. stop saying these things out loud. because...
Failure on the people who didn't use it and thenha the product after it failed us . this is cognitive dissonance. it's groupthink. frankly, it is rather cultic well. crazy. it's distorting people's brains. i mean, look, i'm serious. i'm not f against vaccines the idea of vaccines or whatever , but if something is failing right in frontt of me and you refuse to acknowledge it, why would i ever trust you w again? well, that's the key.? what's the definition of vaccine for one hundred years prior to covid, the definition of vaccine was veryid clear .ar i mean, when you and i were from the same ge...