In this episode we talk about frames and what they allow us or prevent us from seeing. It will be the topic for the March Basecamp meeting.

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In this episode we look back at the most recent Basecamp conversation. The theme was Build, Back, Better.

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In this episode we talk about this month's Basecamp theme: Build Back Better.

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We recorded this episode right after the January Basecamp meeting. We took the time to unpack the same question all of our campers grappled with together. It was a really fun, engaging, and revealing conversation. We hope you enjoy it!

In this episode we ask about the enduring power of western style democracy. Does it have a long shelf life? What threat does China pose to it's claims to being a healthy, robust structure for social order and human flourishing?

In this episode we return from our summer break to consider what it means to live in "the new normal." Is the idea of a new normal even helpful or is it misleading?

In this episode we talk about what we've had to give up in the midst of the Covid Pandemic. Then we ask, what would we be willing to give up in the future to make the world a better place?

In this episode we talk about risk. When there's a pandemic and you have choices of what to do and where to go, how do you make them? Are we good at assessing risk? What kind of factors influence what kind of risks we're willing to take? Can we be trusted to make good decisions in the age of Covid-19?

Our conversation was inspired by a piece in the Atlantic written by Tess Wilkinson-Ryan. You can find it here: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/reopening-psychological-morass/613858/.

In this episode we talk about the Us/Them dynamic in the world right now amidst a pandemic and racial and societal unrest.

We live in intense times right now. How do we negotiate pandemics, systemic racism, police brutality and a host of other important and urgent issues? Does call out culture stop constructive conversation too quickly? Inspired by a piece from Andrew Sullivan we talk about the nature of the public square in a liberal society. What ideas get boxed out of the conversation and why? How do we listen to the voices of the marginal and acknowledge the effects of racism in the public square at the same time allowing for robust debate about those same systemic realities? Can the liberal democratic handle all of this, or is liberalism ready to be put on the dust bin of history?

You can find the Andrew Sullivan piece here: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/andrew-sullivan-is-there-still-room-for-debate.html.