分类目录归档：democracy
Democracy.
In the West,
we make a colossal mistake taking it for granted.
We see democracy
not as the most fragile of flowers that it really is,
but we see it as part of our society's furniture.
We te
Silicon Valley is obsessed with disruption,
but these days, the biggest disruptor didn't come out of Silicon Valley.
It came out of steel towns in Ohio,
rural communities in Pennsylvania,
the Panhandl
Theater matters because democracy matters.
Theater is the essential art form of democracy,
and we know this because they were born in the same city.
In the late 6th century BC,
the idea of Western dem
I bring you greetings
from the 52nd-freest nation on earth.
As an American, it irritates me that my nation keeps sinking
in the annual rankings published by Freedom House.
I'm the son of immigrants.
M
So, on the day after the Brexit vote,
in June 2016,
when Britain woke up to the shock
of discovering that we're leaving the European Union,
my editor at the "Observer" newspaper in the UK
asked me to
[This talk contains mature content]
Rana Ayyub is a journalist in India
whose work has exposed government corruption
and human rights violations.
And over the years,
she's gotten used to vitriol and c
Around five years ago,
it struck me that I was losing the ability
to engage with people who aren't like-minded.
The idea of discussing hot-button issues with my fellow Americans
was starting to give m
Transcriber:
(Māori) Kia ora koutou, everyone.
I want to you today about democracy,
about the struggles that it's experiencing,
and the fact that all of us together in this room
might be the solution
have you ever wondered why extremism
seems to have been on the rise in
muslim-majority countries over the
course of the last decade have you ever
wondered how such a situation can be
turned around hav
[Music]
[Applause]
everyone
i want to talk to you today about
democracy
about the struggles that it's
experiencing
and the fact that all of us together in
this room
might be the solution but before i