Words Are Thoughts. Words Create Change

seattle language leadTensions are escalating. How do we begin to see each other as people, rather than belonging to separate, dehumanized tribes?

In one microcosm of this global process, a change in language led to a peace between cyclists and motorists in Seattle and, eventually, to a change in policy.
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Dodging the Censors in China – with Evernote

hong-kong-protests-police-protester-sitting-mk-webWhilst Social Media sites like Facebook and Twitter are under strict censorship, Internet users in China are circulating news on the protests in Hong Kong by copying and pasting articles into notes that can be shared as webpages or put into “notebooks” that users can subscribe to. Report by Lily Kuo and Ning Hui.

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