Posted by Helen on: 11.13.2007 /
by Jim Henderson
We love slogans. Here’s one of our favorites. “When people like each other the rules change”
Call me stupid, lazy or old but…No more intellectual frontal assaults for me - they take too long and cost too much relationally.
At Off The Map Live we managed to get people who typically don’t talk… (Blue/Red/Gay/Straight/Rich/Poor/Christian/Atheist/Evangelical/Mainline/Black/White/Oppressed/Oppressor) in the same room to explore what dialog looks like in a world gone different.
Everybody felt like an outsider at least once (which we consider a mark of success)
And many people learned to like someone they had formerly been suspect of.
And when people like each other the rules change
Discover the power of like
This was the introduction to the November Idealab. You can read the rest of it here
Comment by: Steve S.
1Seems like so much changes when you realize ‘my enemies are men like me.’
Comment by: Helen
2Exactly.
I hope you’ll make it to an Off The Map event sometime Steve - I’d love to hear your feedback about it!