Making Change

What if the future legitimacy of artificial intelligence depends not on how powerful it becomes, but on whether it helps sustain life itself? In this new podcast episode, Marc Gopin explores the growing crisis of atmospheric CO₂, the astonishing chemistry of fossil fuels, and the possibility that future engineering may increasingly imitate biology itself—transforming machines from extractive syste...

Responsible citizen leadership requires the courage to resist abuses of power universally rather than selectively, so that ordinary people do not become tools in geopolitical struggles, ideological tribalism, or competitive narratives of moral superiority. Domination, repression, and dehumanization are not confined to any one civilization, religion, or political system; they emerge wherever power...

This episode explores a revolutionary way to revitalize demonstrations, social relationships, and democracy across the world. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support .

Almost everyone is on the internet, but most are passive recipients of 'facts' coming from highly polarizing digital ecosystems that are often less than honest in their intentions to divide Americans. It is overwhelming, confusing, and dispiriting--except for those Americans who create even the smallest content. This episode teaches the psychosocial skills to make content that binds the country to...

This is the first episode I created with Alitu! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support .

The United States is the most powerful national on earth economically and militarily, and it is at the forefront of medical and technological innovation, but it suffers from a history of political polarization and socialization that periodically threatens its future. Loneliness is a surprising cause. I will explore with you the epidemic and loneliness, suggest detailed alternatives for its future,...

A critical antidote to polarization around life and death matters is for Americans to develop three key skills: learning together common facts, listening to each other deeply, and establishing consensus ethical values on saving lives. To do this, we need another central skill of conflict healing rooted in all great global civilizations: self-examination and self-care. We can do this and move beyon...

A critical antidote to polarization around life and death matters is for Americans to develop three key skills: learning together common facts, listening to each other deeply, and establishing consensus ethical values on saving lives. To do this, we need another central skill of conflict healing rooted in all great global civilizations: self-examination and self-care. We can do this and move beyon...

The world has just witnessed the hope of a new birth of civilization in Syria after 15 years of a murderous war against its people and after 50 years of severe dictatorship. How will we respond? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support .

This episode of Making Change explores the positive value of stress tests on American society and American democracy. Americans right now, for the sake of their own health and the health of American society, need to see the positive opportunities of this election outcome despite its disappointing outcome for tens of millions. This is an opportunity. Let me prove to you exactly how. Become a suppor...

Building relationships through compassion and moral reasoning has a distinctive effect on the future of a country and its ability to reconcile with its past. There are specific ways to train the mind and incorporate this training into a new approach to education. We need more compassion, moral reasoning training, focus on the future, and focus on habit formation and mind training to flourish as a...

There will be 1.5 billion senior citizens across the planet by 2050, and there is an immense opportunity for them to participate the productivity and meaningfulness of the human endeavor. Come listen to how I propose this happens.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support .

Good information, bad information and how to know the difference, this episode offer the skills of the mind to discern current events in a more informed way that makes positive change in the world and in ourselves. Have a listen to what happened to the ship and the bridge, reactions to that event in the media, and what we can learn!  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/pod...

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In this week’s episode, Dr. Marc Gopin explores the concept of Deepening Democracy and how it is essential in our polarized United States. Deepening democracy and the celebration of democracy are critical to the way we need to think on a day-to-day basis. We need to celebrate the ideas of democracy. We need holidays not about presidents, not about heroes, and not about extraordinary figures. Inste...

"We need our minds working together on a philosophy of life, looking at the world around us in a way that is filled with love." - Dr. Marc Gopin In this week’s episode, Dr. Gopin explores how “The Love of this World” is an essential ingredient for the survival of the Earth’s biosphere. By focusing on how we can positively change our minds to change the world, this episode probes the way in which g...

In this episode, Dr. Marc Gopin interviews Dr. Heidi Ravven, Professor of Religious Studies at Hamilton University, on the urgency of embracing election celebrations for the future of democracy. As they have stated in print ( https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/559308-celebrate-voting-a-different-approach-to-securing-a-democratic-american ), we Americans urgently need to safeguard the future of d...

"We need to learn from what helps dementia patients to cope and to feel loved. We need to look at ourselves in society as patients in need of care, as patients who often cannot remember moment to moment why we should be together as a country, why we should take care of each other, or why we should be good to each other, regardless of political or religious stance."- Dr. Marc Gopin Here are some of...

We are living through a time of American history when a system of political enemies pitted against each other is the worst in memory. This is occurring significantly even within families, but especially between different geographic areas of town, suburbs, and countryside. We have separate places to get our news, separate places to socialize, and separate places of worship. We are living apart incr...

"What is true security? Some people argue it is loving everyone who comes into your country. Other people think it is about being very careful, about not letting anyone in and about carefully examining each case of an immigrant. Together, we can discover bipartisan efforts of dealing with immigration properly and ethically. We can truly make our country one of homeland security."Using the show Sta...

“The first step of moral deliberation is to realize that ‘I don’t know exactly what the suffering is of people who I cannot see’, and listen, listen, listen. Discussion and storytelling are key elements of conflict prevention, and we can do this as a part of a moral awakening – an awakening to acquire a vision of something that we never have seen. Have the courage to be humble and recognize that w...

“I planted a rose bush near my mailbox several years ago. I thought it was a good idea at the time. It grew and got bigger, but when mail carriers would come by, the rose bush would prick them. So I eventually realized I had to take the rosebush down. I cut it down, but it came back. And every time I cut it down, it continued to come back. After time, I realized to cut down the manifestation of th...

“You don’t deny regrets, but instead, you can take those regrets you may have as an individual, or as a community, or as a country, and you put them back into the past with your imagination. Once you put them back into the past, you imagine what you could have done then if you had made the right choice, you take that wisdom of the present and speak to your old self. You change your destiny in your...

“Gratitude gives us a vision of the world that starts to spell optimism and happiness even in the midst of extraordinary circumstances.” In this time of quarantine and social distancing, it’s up to us to decide how to create our community. Dr. Marc Gopin discusses how gratitude can help us when we may feel like we have lost everything, from loved ones being affected by the virus to our own isolati...

“The answer of Buddy Bench in the time of corona is the intimacy that comes with relationships being victorious over the disease and caring for others across these physical boundaries. “ The coronavirus (COVID-19) presents us with a new challenge of... Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/making-change--4113720/support .