{"id":2474,"date":"2024-05-15T16:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T16:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/?p=2474"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:23:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:23:11","slug":"daniel-lubetzky-ted-talk-replacing-us-vs-them-with-movement-of-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/2024\/05\/15\/daniel-lubetzky-ted-talk-replacing-us-vs-them-with-movement-of-builders\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Lubetzky TED Talk: Replacing \u201cUs vs. Them\u201d with a Movement of Builders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his newly released TED Talk, our Founding Partner Daniel Lubetzky publicly launched <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Builders<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a new platform that takes the Starts With Us mission \u2013 equipping citizens to overcome toxic polarization and solve our toughest problems \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">global<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of us face pressures to see our disagreements in binary terms: as \u201cthe good guys\u201d versus \u201cthe bad guys,\u201d or similar simplistic framings. But Daniel argues our real enemy isn\u2019t a person or a group but <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a mindset<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: a polarized, divisive way of seeing the world that fails to recognize the dignity of all people. The Builders movement seeks to bring together citizens from across the world and the political spectrum who wish to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">build<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (not<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> divide, diminish, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">destroy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) \u2014 so that together we can replace eternal conflict with practical compromise and problem solving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch Daniel\u2019s TED Talk:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 700px;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\">\n<p><iframe style=\"position: absolute;top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/130299\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What will change for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/join\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starts With Us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? We\u2019ll continue doing what we\u2019ve always done: equipping people with the skills, tools, and networks to overcome toxic polarization and solve our most challenging problems together. But now we\u2019ll be part of the global<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Builders<\/a><\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">platform, tackling the interconnectivity of extremist thinking worldwide and opening up the discussion to issues beyond America\u2019s borders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actor Liev Schreiber is a member of the Builders coalition. In an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/builders-citizen-solutions-daniel-lubetzky-liev-schreiber-9100b64abf8e3bd8714fa665a70cb673\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AP article about the Builders launch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he said, \u201cPart of the sickness that we\u2019re all suffering from right now is brought on by social media and the digital age. It feels as if we are now programmed to make rash decisions, to take positions before we are informed enough or understand the positions that we\u2019re taking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/05\/14\/daniel-lubetzky-the-real-reason-moderates-are-losing-ground-culture\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an op-ed in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortune<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Daniel argued that we can all learn some of the effective strategies that the extreme, vocal minority uses to hijack public discourse. Referencing a conversation he had with Movement Partner Lonnie Ali, he talked about the need for all citizens to unite to solve problems together, co-opting the kind of passion so often fueling extremist agendas to build and bring light to the world instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We encourage you to check out the new Builders site to learn more about this endeavor: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BuildersMovement.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to stay in the loop about the movement to reduce toxic polarization? <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/join\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign up for our newsletter<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his newly released TED Talk, our Founding Partner Daniel Lubetzky publicly launched Builders, a new platform that takes the Starts With Us mission \u2013 equipping citizens to overcome toxic polarization and solve our toughest problems \u2013 global.\u00a0\u00a0 Many of us face pressures to see our disagreements in binary terms: as \u201cthe good guys\u201d versus&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"collection_feed":[],"type_feed":[83],"class_list":["post-2474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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