A Question We Can All Ask Ourselves
by Chuck Watts, co-founder
Is my current moral worldview limiting my success at working together with my neighbors to make public government more effective?
Paul Zak - Dr. Love
I strongly encourage you to read Chapter 6: Fundamental Values, found in Thinking Points: A Progressive Handbook AFTER you watch the following TED Talk by Dr. Paul Zak.
Dr. Zak was the first to discover that oxytocin, an ancient chemical released in our brains under certain circumstances, is responsible for us to determine who to trust. There are certain regular and, ideally, daily social circumstances that help release oxytocin and involves physical contact.
Dr. Zak demonstrated the behavior at the end of his TED Talk (watch for it), by hugging a total stranger. He recommends 8 hugs per day to get the daily recommended dosage of oxytocin to increase our empathy surplus and our capacity to trust human collaboration. Continue reading
TO: David Raizk, Mayor of Wilmington; and Randy Riley, Clinton County Commissioner
David Raizk, Healthcare Is A Human Right
Randy Riley, Healthcare Is A Human Right
Greetings, David & Randy,
