Pop culture and conventional history often teach us that violence is the most effective way to produce change. But is that common assumption actually true? Political scientist Erica Chenoweth, who has studied more than 100 years of revolutions and insurrections, says the answer is counterintuitive.

Hidden Brain

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People, I think, don't realize one small action, one kind word. You never leave the person you meet the same after you've interacted with them, and I wanted to do that for Ma'oz and for others.

Aziz Abu Sarra — Fresh Air

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Sam Altman, against the backdrop of Silicon Valley hype culture and startups that balloon to massive valuations based on promises that may or may not come to pass in the future, and an increasing embrace of a founder culture that thinks telling different groups different conflicting things is a feature, not a bug…Even against that backdrop, Sam Altman is an extraordinary case where everyone in Silicon Valley who expects those things can't stop talking about this question of his trustworthiness and his honesty.

Ronan Farrow — Decoder with Nilay Patel

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