I was honored and delighted to be interviewed on the Jeff Farias Show earlier this week, where we spent an hour talking about building trust in politics and how the workings of the political mind can shed light on the great challenges we face as a society.
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There are many valuable lessons to be weened for politics!
Thanks Joe and Eric, sounds awesome and I’m looking forward to participate and contribute. One thing that I’m sure you’ve thought about is sharing and remixing of information. Are you planning to use any CC-licenses here at CPW?
http://creativecommons.org/
-Rikard
Rikard,
Your suggestions go right to what we are developing–lists, examples, diagrams, etc. of the structures of key frames from specific issues like the environment, health care, education to more general ones like taxes to then the most basic such as the role of government in society and how we achieve prosperity . . . .
We’re also building on our workshop experiences to develop tools for people to use more quickly–
such as step by step instructions and diagrams like you suggest–I like especially “How do I create a frame?” as one type–;
ways to “practice” these skills as they are a change in thinking that takes time to develop; and
specific activities that people can engage in to help see and understand the frames around us, how they affect us, and ways to change them.
I also like your suggestion of putting links to these framing tools/resources more up front on our website.
Check back with us over the next month or so as we expect to begin having more of what you suggest up by February, including a regular newsletter.
Eric
Thank you, Rikard, for the kind words and insightful suggestions.
I especially appreciate the concreteness of the questions you present. Values and frames most certainly do go together – and in ways that aren’t obvious to the uninitiated. Our “education crew” at Cognitive Policy Works has designed an educational curriculum that will be built throughout the next several months and will benefit from the clarity you are offering.
We have already created two workshops (learn more here) and have materials under development for others. Our goal is to combine the experiences and insights we gain through teaching in a workshop context into guidebooks, online learning communities, and summer retreats.
Along the way, we will definitely want to clarify the foundations of our approach in just the manner you suggest.
All the best,
Joe
What a fantastic interview Joe, very inspiring. I think one thing we need to work on is helping people enter “the cognitive world”, in particular knowledge about aspects that people need to understand (frames, values, arguments…); how to start learning about each part (if the concepts can be separated) and how they are connected.
People seem to get confused when they first hear about values and then suddenly the framing issue comes up. There seems to be a need for very clear directions on how to learn.
* Where do I start to learn about values?
* What are the progressive values? (a list, links to more in depth on each value)
* How are these values related? (diagrams with explanations, where does a value “come” from)
* What is a frame?
* How do I create a frame? (start with… then look for…)
etcetera
We need to use very clear examples of issues connected to values in proper frames and when we describe these things I feel there’s a need to spell out what each part is. CPW is becoming a great resource for these things and I’d like to see links to introductory material on the front page, a “Start here!”- box or something (1. Learn about values here 2. Learn about frames here 3. Create your own frame here 4. Discuss it here).
-Rikard