Starts With Us

Based on decades of research from Columbia University Professor and Starts With Us Expert-in-Residence Peter T. Coleman, Ph.D., the Finding The Way Out Challenge is designed to help shape new habits and norms for political tolerance and courageous compassion. Think of it as a personalized boot camp for building a healthier national culture and repairing broken relationships across differences.

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  • By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders | 6 min read   Somewhere in America right now, a perfectly nice family is one comment away from a screaming match over the mashed potatoes. Uncle Rick just said the thing. Aunt Linda set down her fork. A cousin has discreetly started filming. And by the time… The post 7 Ways to Disagree With Someone You Love (Without Torching the Relationship) appeared first on Builders.
  • By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders | 6 min read   The responses to Senator Lindsey Graham’s death on Saturday have been about as divided as the man’s own career.  Politicians largely thanked the South Carolina Republican for his decades of service, even those who frequently disagreed with him. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said… The post Some People Are Celebrating Lindsey Graham’s Death. Here’s Why That’s a Trap. appeared first on Builders.
  • By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders | 7 min read   Texas barbecue is one of the few things nearly every Texan will argue about and still happily share. And if you look closely at what’s on the plate, you’ll notice something remarkable: the state’s barbecue isn’t one tradition at all. It’s five distinct… The post The 5 Styles of Texas Barbecue (and What They Say About Us) appeared first on Builders.
  • A Washington Post study confirmed that artificial intelligence chatbots tend to hold a left-leaning bias. But ChatGPT’s owner, OpenAI, is pushing back. Who should we believe? We asked Builders Movement Partner Keegan Evans, who works at the intersection of AI and humanity.   By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders | 9 min read  … The post Trump Says AI Is ‘Woke’ — Is It? We Asked an AI Expert appeared first on Builders.
  • By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders | 6 min read This weekend, America turns 250. And if you go looking for the single idea that has carried this country through revolution, civil war, depression, and every kind of division, you keep landing on the same one: that wildly different people can still choose to… The post 30 Quotes That Define America appeared first on Builders.