From My Substack: On Not Making the Whole World Blind

"All this illustrates something Robert Reich calls 'the contagion of courage'—when we see others acting in a fearless manner, it inspires us to do the same. The concept has been used so often in movies, it’s become a trope: a crowd of people sits, silent and scared, until one person stands up or steps forward, and then another, and suddenly the whole group is on its feet, shouting defiance or storming the castle or demanding a union."

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