The Problem with Propaganda

The Problem with Propaganda

While the word propaganda has taken on a decidedly negative connotation, especially since the Nazi era, it wasn’t always the case. In its earliest uses in the Catholic Church in the 1600s, it referred to the “propagation” of the faith. In ecclesiastical and...
When Stories Become Weapons to do Harm and Kill

When Stories Become Weapons to do Harm and Kill

Part of a blog series brought to you by Rick Stone, CEO of StoryWork and PCI Board Member.  http://storywork.com/ As potent as story is to enrich life, like Jekyll and Hyde, there is an evil twin on the other side of the coin. Like fire, stories can warm our hearts or...
Do Brain Differences Lead to Political Differences?

Do Brain Differences Lead to Political Differences?

Have you ever felt like people of a different political persuasion are, in some quirky way, from another planet or belong to an alien race of humans? It turns out that there might be something to that. Yaara Yeshurun has been examining how having different beliefs...
More on How Stories Can Kill

More on How Stories Can Kill

Traversing the centuries from the days the Buddha walked this earth to contemporary times, it’s not difficult to find examples of what can go wrong in our relations when we fail to speak with compassion or repeat lies. A few months ago, the NY Times published...