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To Get to the Other Side, Episode 2 (July 5, 2020): A Better Story - Media and Us We will hear both celebration and critique of the story of our country this July 4 weekend. If taking an independent look at your relationship with your news feed sounds good for you and the country - listen in and join the conversation curated by Fabric’s Melissa Lock this week!  I love how this mix of voices comes together to shake up our storylines and call us to both awareness of and responsibility for the stories we let take hold in us and how those stories show up out there in the world we are making together.  -Melissa

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Key takeaways

We are trying to know what to do in a time full of unknowns. We look to media to help. Does it?

No one person, perspective or group holds the answer(s). We must look past binary answers. But our muscles for doing that are weak. 

Motive Attribution Asymmetry: a human cognitive bias that tells us that our beliefs are grounded in love while our opponents beliefs are grounded in hatred. 

Do the stories you are hearing and sharing create opponents or relationships?

  1. What you listen to matters. Listen to the news outside you and within you. 

  2. What you listen with matters. Listen with your head, your heart and your body.

  3. How long you listen matters. Listen long enough. And it doesn’t need to be as long or hard as you might think! 

“As we build connected lives we make it possible to build a connected world.” -Vivek Murthy, Together


Homework Practice: At the end of the day, reflect back. How did you listen to the news outside of you and inside? How did you listen with your head, heart and body? Did you listen long enough? Make an intention for one tweak to try tomorrow.

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