Julie Hagenbuch
Colorado skier, mtn biker, photographer, explorer, and activist.
- Ask yourself these 3 questions to cut through story manipulation: Preventing ourselves from being manipulated by others’ stories is an ongoing battle. But a good starting point is to ask yourself these:
- ” Does the story being told make any leaps that we don’t yet have observations about?” “Can this storyteller read minds?” “Does this storyteller’s adjectives protest too much?” If the answer to any of the above is, “yes,” that should be a trigger to dig deeper and find more information.
- Call Congress, every day, not once, not when it’s convenient, every day. Stay educated and informed. Name what’s happening out loud, spread the word to your family and friends, and ask them to call too.all.
- Share this essay, this newsletter, and others like it, far and wide. Give people the tools they need to believe. Because if we let the Hogfather vanish, if we let cynicism swallow us whole, then corruption doesn’t just continue. It becomes permanent.
