About this episode

Gal Beckerman discusses the importance of dissidence and civic action in fostering change.

We discuss the radical idea that dissidence belongs to all of us. Living with truth is the starting point to being a citizen changemaker and to taking impactful civic action. Gal's civic action toolkit recommendations are: 1) Be in person 2) Be deliberate about how you operate online Gal Beckerman is a staff writer for The Atlantic and the author of How to Be a Dissident. Let's connect! Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/ Discover new ways to #BetheSpark: https://www.futurehindsight.com/spark Follow Mila on X: https://x.com/milaatmos Follow Gal on X: https://x.com/galbeckerman Read How to Be a Dissident : https://bookshop.org/shop/futurehindsight Sponsor: Thank you to Shopify! Sign up for a $1/month trial at shopify.com/hopeful . Early episodes for Patreon supporters: https://patreon.com/futurehindsight Credits: Host: Mila Atmos Guests: Gal Beckerman Executive Producer: Zack Travis Executive Editor: Mila Atmos

People in this episode

Host: Mila Atmos

Guest: Gal Beckerman

Topics covered

• dissidence
• civic action
• citizen changemaker
• online behavior
• truth
• activism

Keywords

• dissidence
• civic action
• Gal Beckerman
• Mila Atmos
• activism
• How to Be a Dissident
• truth
• citizen changemaker

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Organizations: The Atlantic

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