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Feb 28, 2022
"I learned silence from the talkative and tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind." --Kahlil Gibran
The Revolutionary Power of Diverse Thought
Elif Shafak is a Turkish author, columnist and speaker who writes stories of women, minorities, immigrants, subcultures, and youth in both Turkish and English. In this Ted Talk, she exposes the unprecedented challenges facing the world today, the attraction to and fallacy of following demagogues, and how these same problems will show us the way forward: the indispensability of democracy, the need for global solidarity, the beauty of cosmopolitanism and diversity, the portability of homeland, and the telling of stories that evoke the taste of freedom
BE THE CHANGE
Today, make an effort to learn from someone or something outside of your usual orbit. For those interested, Udemy is offering a free, hour-long introductory course on "Ukraine: History, Culture and Identities," you can check it out here. More ...
