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Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

326) Pete Davis: Committing in an age of infinite browsing

Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration

Kaméa Chayne

Earth Sciences, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.8694 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

What signs are there that the dominant culture has trended towards one of “choice paralysis”, with many stuck in “infinite browsing mode”? And how might encouraging people to commit—to causes, place, people, projects—support the societal transformation many deeply yearn for?

In this episode, we welcome Pete Davis, a writer and civic advocate from Falls Church, Virginia. Pete works on civic projects aimed at deepening American democracy and solidarity, and he is the co-founder of Getaway and the Democracy Policy Network.

Pete became well-known for his Harvard Law School graduation speech, “A Counterculture of Commitment,” which has been viewed more than 30 million times and became the basis for his book, Dedicated: The case for commitment in an age of infinite browsing.

The musical offering in this episode is Around the World by Wig Wam, provided to us by Indigenous Cloud.

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And now on to today's episode, where we're speaking with Pete Davis.

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The fallacy of the self-help book is that you are alone with complete agency to transform

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yourself to whatever you want to be.

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