This was an intriguing segment where we later get into emotional attachments to free speech itself versus specific causes.

“what these rebels &dissenters are really trying to do is help their communities reassess their behaviors, narratives, &belief systems in an attempt to repair connection, group solidarity, and unity.” - Jenara Narenburg, How To Be a Constructive Dissenter greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/h…

Audio recording of Lee Fang Lee Fang and I at Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California now out — on dissent, nuance, and the psychology of groupthink commonwealthclub.org/events/archive…

Virtual event for Trust Your Mind with Heterodox Academy HxA Berkeley Smriti Mehta May 29th at 1pm PT — come for the spicy psych takes and register here hxaberkeley.org/events/trust-y…

So fun to catch up with Tara Henley — can the heterodox space make room for love? We talk race, God, compassion and the science of groupthink. tarahenley.substack.com/p/jenara-neren…

I'm ending my day with a book reco. The latest book by Jenara Nerenberg is so so so sooooooooooo good! I will read it again. Have a good night! #BeKind

"You have to have patience to get to the core of where someone is coming from. That takes time, skill, a lot of empathy. There are people who are genuinely interested in that process. Those are the people we should be lifting up." Jenara Nerenberg on Lean Out pod. Link to show in reply

Just bought Jenara's new book, Trust Your Mind, on self-silencing, groupthink, and the need for constructive dissent. Really looking forward to reading it. This piece she wrote for Greater Good Magazine is a nice preview.

Vulnerability to extremism… An extract from ‘Trust Your Mind: Embracing Nuance in a World of Self-silencing’ (HarperOne), by Jenara Nerenberg (Jenara Nerenberg). bps.org.uk/psychologist/v…

Thanks Mo 🙏

Thanks Jeremy! 🧠📖

Insights from 29 scholars who have completed adversarial collaborations (ACs): 1. Humility is a must 2. ACs are hard but produce high quality science 3. Participating in ACs may shake your faith in non-AC science By calvinisch Philip E. Tetlock Cory Clark: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Sad to miss the event but glad Trust Your Mind is making a cameo w/ Peter Bonilla MIT Free Speech Alliance 📖✨

I think about this daily.

Your Brain Registers Others’ Feelings Even When You Don't A groundbreaking study uncovers how the brain encodes social understanding at two levels: what others intend to express and how we perceive it. Using fMRI scans of observers rating emotional stories, researchers trained

Trust Your Mind: Embracing Nuance in a World of Self-Silencing is now out in Aus/NZ, US, UK, India, Canada and elsewhere. Folks in India just sent me this. Grateful and headed back there shortly. If you’ve read TYM and enjoyed, those Amazon reviews really do help authors ✨

#BookReview: "Trust Your Mind" is ultimately a call to rebuild the fabric of society by valuing genuine dialogue over dogma, and by trusting our capacity for reason, empathy, and connection. storizen.com/book-reviews/t… HarperCollins BookReviewsCafe Jenara Nerenberg