This week the duo takes a moment to raise awareness about raising awareness.

They dive into the morass of well-meaning information vying for our attention, action, and account. What makes a good awareness campaign though? Is it the emotion behind it, or the gravity of the problem, or perhaps the feeling you get when you "know" you are on the "right" side?

QUOTE: "Awareness without action is worthless." ~ Phil McGraw, "Self Matters"

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QUOTE: "I lived in Israel in the 1990's, it was horrible. Every time I went out of the home I am using public transportation and I didn't know whether I'm going to return home. Living in such a fear all the time, it just corrupts everything." ~ Prof Raphael Cohen-Almagor

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This week we are delighted to welcome a new guest on the show: Dr. Raphael Cohen-Almagor. His new book,

"Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism - Liberalism, Culture, and Coercion" is available now.

-Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.co.uk/Raphael-Cohen-Almagor/e/B001HPMUFU;

-SSRN Author Page: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=293806

-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Cohen-Almagor

In this second of a 2-part series we analyze the Israel-Palestine conflict briefly: from past to present; including suggested proposals with aims to end today's violence and oppression in the region.

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QUOTE: "I have no doubt that [this book] represents an important addition to the growing literature on multiculturalism and should receive considerable attention." ~ Lord Bhikhu Parekh, House of Lords, The United Kingdom

This week we are delighted to welcome a new guest on the show: Dr. Raphael Cohen-Almagor. His new book: "Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism - Liberalism, Culture, and Coercion" is available now!

In this first of a 2-part series we talk a bit about the book and get to know its author and backstory.

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This week we heartily welcome our special guest and Associate Certified Coach [ICF], Jerry Fu; founder of https://www.adaptingleaders.com ("what can JFu do for you?"). Jordan flies solo today, interviewing Jerry on some approaches to addressing and resolving conflict. We discuss expectations, concessions, compromise and finding balance to avoid becoming a community doormat in the process.

QUOTE: "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." ~ Oscar Wilde from Lady Windemere's Fan

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Part 1 is very autobiographical and Jordan shares his experiences with communism in an honest attempt to explain why he abandoned those beliefs. Look out for part 2 where Kris and Jordan discuss the implications of some of the policies that Jordan rejected.

Jordan and Kris talk about communism, socialism and capitalism from first hand experiences in the activist movements promoted by "The Left", such as Occupy Wallstreet.

We speak about leadership and touch on some aspects of contrasting conservative views as well.

QUOTE: “It appears to me that one defeats the fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence." - George Orwell, letter to Sir Richard Rees (3 March 1949)

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Part 1 is very autobiographical. Jordan shares his experiences with communism in an honest attempt to explain why he abandoned those beliefs. Look out for part 2 where Kris and Jordan discuss the implications of some of the policies that Jordan rejected.

Jordan and Kris talk about communism, socialism and capitalism from first hand experiences in the activist movements promoted by "The Left", such as Occupy Wallstreet.

We speak about leadership and touch on some aspects of contrasting conservative views as well.

QUOTE: “It appears to me that one defeats the fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence." - George Orwell, letter to Sir Richard Rees (3 March 1949)

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In this week's episode we address ideas surrounding people's attributions of meaning. We talk candidly about our own personal failures regarding appropriate self-moderating behaviours in our pasts with a focus on the perils of imposing restrictions on freedoms as a social response to correcting asocial exercises of rights, and the slippery slopes of coercive remedial initiatives that attempt to "correct" perceived deviance.

QUOTE: “Mankind was apparently doomed to vacillate between the two extremities of distress and boredom." ~ Viktor E. Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning", quoting Arthur Schopenhauer

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In this week's episode we address ideas surrounding people's attributions of meaning. We talk candidly about our own personal failures regarding appropriate self-moderating behaviours in our pasts with a focus on the perils of imposing restrictions on freedoms as a social response to correcting asocial exercises of rights, and the slippery slopes of coercive remedial initiatives that attempt to "correct" perceived deviance.

QUOTE: “Mankind was apparently doomed to vacillate between the two extremities of distress and boredom." ~ Viktor E. Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning", quoting Arthur Schopenhauer

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A delightfully roundabout discussion on the merits, virtues and pitfalls of simplicity.

QUOTE: “Brevity is the soul of wit." - [Polonius, in act 2, scene 2 of Hamlet] William Shakespeare

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What would our society be like if you had to earn your vote? Would it be worth sacrificing everything for the responsibility that comes with the privilege of that vote? The duo debate the nature of Heinlein’s idea of an earned franchise.

A voter base that has sacrificed to earn the right to vote and run for office may be more effective or it could be another mechanism of division.

QUOTE: “To vote is to wield authority; it is the supreme authority from which all other authority derives […] Force, if you will! – The franchise is force, naked and raw, the Power of the Rods and the Ax. Whether it is exerted by ten men or by ten billion, political authority is force.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers Chapter 12.

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