I’m right and you’re an idiot: the toxic state of public discourse and how to clean it up

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Front Cover......Page 1 Praise......Page 2 Title Page......Page 6 Rights Page......Page 7 Dedication......Page 8 Contents......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 14 Prologue......Page 18 Part One: The Polluted Public Square......Page 24 Section A: Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open Minds......Page 26 Chapter 1: Like Ships In the Night......Page 28 Chapter 2: Like Ships In the Night......Page 36 Chapter 3: Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)......Page 44 Chapter 4: Morality Binds and Blinds......Page 56 Chapter 5: Why We Want To Be Misled......Page 64 Section B: A Failure To Communicate......Page 70 Chapter 6: Facts Are Not Enough......Page 72 Chapter 7: Matters of Concern......Page 78 Section C: Duped and How ......Page 88 Chapter 8: The Self-Regulating Psychopath......Page 90 Chapter 9: A Case Study: Foreign-Funded Radicals......Page 100 Chapter 10: Assault On Democracy......Page 112 Chapter 11: Silencing the Voices of Others......Page 118 Chapter 12: Gaslighting Blurs Our Reality......Page 124 Chapter 13: Summary:The Polluted Public Square......Page 130 Part Two: Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish......Page 140 Section D: Leaning Into the Future......Page 142 Chapter 14: Power and Love......Page 144 Chapter 15: No Fish? No Fish Sticks......Page 156 Chapter 16: Listen Deeply ......Page 168 Section E: The Mighty Tool of Public Narrative ......Page 178 Chapter 17: The Myth of Apathy ......Page 180 Chapter 18: Psychic Numbing ......Page 188 Chapter 19: Sometimes David Wins......Page 196 Section F: From the Heart ......Page 208 Chapter 20: The Golden Rule......Page 210 Chapter 21: Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish......Page 216 Chapter 22: We Need Warmheartedness......Page 226 Epilogue: Lessons Learned......Page 236 Endnotes......Page 246 Index......Page 264 About the Author......Page 272 A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading......Page 273 Books to Build a New Society......Page 274