{"id":45599,"date":"2024-12-19T21:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T21:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/?p=45599"},"modified":"2025-01-12T21:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T21:09:37","slug":"must-reads-from-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildersmovement.org\/2024\/12\/19\/must-reads-from-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 5 Most Important Reads of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2024, we at Builders wrote a lot of content. That included <\/span>56 posts on our site<\/span><\/a> \u2014 more than one a week! On social media, we shared more than 3,000 posts across all platforms. We’ve been busy.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Below we\u2019ve got five of our most popular and important pieces from 2024. These are posts that were either read and shared a lot, or posts that we often share to help explain what we do.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here they are:<\/span><\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> Myths about Toxic Polarization<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: This addresses some common misunderstandings about our divides and our efforts to overcome them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> Our Distorted Views of Each Other<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: We link to this piece a lot. Our overly pessimistic views of the \u201cother side\u201d can lead us to act in conflict-amplifying ways \u2014 often without knowing it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> Is Passion \u2014 Even Anger \u2014 at Odds with this Work?<\/a><\/strong>: Some believe that the work we do is at odds with political passion and activism \u2014 but that\u2019s not true.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Understanding Each Other is More Important Than Ever<\/a><\/strong>: We wrote this after the election and it was one of our most shared pieces of the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And our most popular piece of 2024 was\u2026
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\n<\/span>1.<\/strong> <\/span>Heineken Beer Ad Reduces Polarization<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: If you want to share the ad with your audience, <\/span>it\u2019s here on our Instagram<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Want to join the effort to overcome our toxic divides? <\/span><\/i>Sign up for our newsletter<\/span><\/i><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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