Creating an American Life, Part One: Opposing Ways of Changing America - Passion vs. Power, Authenticity vs. Money
In the last half century, Americans have experienced unprecedented changes
Of course it is amazing that people are able to manage these kinds of change. But we don’t do this easily.
Let us look at the side-to-side careening of American life in that time and where we are today in that.
Creating an America Worthy of its Name
I talked at the beginning about how politicians and leaders can only do so much and that the effects of their words are often fleeting. I said that social change that’s either reinforced or carried forward, or even initiated, by something like music or something that affects your feelings, can be greater and longer lasting. The powerful feelings that are stirred this way can affect people for their whole lives and even have influence for generations. I mentioned that these emotional influences reach more deeply into people because feelings exist at a deeper level of the brain undergirding words, thought, or even reason. Finally, keep in mind that this is titled the rise and fall of “obvious truths”....
More at Power vs. Passion, Money vs. Authenticity – Opposing Ways of Changing America: Creating an American Life, Pt 1
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