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The books and articles found below have been shared by Charlotte Metropolitan Braver Angels and/or have been the topic of monthly meetings.
Books
They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective―from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse).
America’s “outrage industrial complex” profits from turning disagreement into contempt, but in Love Your Enemies, Arthur C. Brooks argues that outrage is a dead end and that real progress comes from embracing disagreement, repairing relationships, and choosing to love those we differ with.