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Change: How to Make Big Things Happen
Most of what we know about how ideas spread comes from bestselling authors who give us a compelling picture of a world, in which "influencers" are king, "sticky" ideas "go viral," and good behavior is "nudged" forward. The problem is that the world they describe is a world where information spreads, but beliefs and behaviors stay the same.
When it comes to lasting change in what we think or the way we live, the dynamics are different: beliefs and behaviors are not transmitted from person to person in the simple way that a virus is. The real story of social change is more complex. When we are exposed to a new idea, our social networks guide our responses in striking and surprising ways.
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Most of what we know about how ideas spread comes from bestselling authors who give us a compelling picture of a world, in which "influencers" are king, "sticky" ideas "go viral," and good behavior is "nudged" forward. The problem is that the world they describe is a world where information spreads, but beliefs and behaviors stay the same.
When it comes to lasting change in what we think or the way we live, the dynamics are different: beliefs and behaviors are not transmitted from person to person in the simple way that a virus is. The real story of social change is more complex. When we are exposed to a new idea, our social networks guide our responses in striking and surprising ways.
Drawing on deep-yet-accessible research and fascinating examples from the spread of coronavirus to the success of the Black Lives Matter movement, the failure of Google+, and the rise of political polarization, Change presents groundbreaking and paradigm-shifting new science for understanding what drives change, and how we can change the world around us. source
MARCH 9, 2021
White House Daily Briefing
Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, fielded questions on news of the day and the president’s agenda, including immigration policy, the president’s economic relief plan, and the possibility of a vaccine passport. She also responded to a question on the incident at the White House involving the Bidens younger dog, Major, that resulted in a “minor injury” of a guest. Press Secretary Psaki was joined by White House National Economic Council Deputy Director Bharat Ramamurti gave brief remarks at the top of the briefing and answered a few questions on economic relief for small businesses
White House Daily Briefing
Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, fielded questions on news of the day and the president’s agenda, including immigration policy, the president’s economic relief plan, and the possibility of a vaccine passport. She also responded to a question on the incident at the White House involving the Bidens younger dog, Major, that resulted in a “minor injury” of a guest. Press Secretary Psaki was joined by White House National Economic Council Deputy Director Bharat Ramamurti gave brief remarks at the top of the briefing and answered a few questions on economic relief for small businesses
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti, March 9, 2021
MR. RAMAMURTI: Good afternoon. Earlier today, the President had the chance to visit a couple of small businesses here in town. One is a locally owned hardware store that’s been around for 150 years. The other, which leases part of the same space, is an urban farm that was founded just eight years ago.
Like other small businesses across the country, these companies help serve their communities. The hardware store sponsors Little League teams and holds events with the Cub Scouts. The urban farm serves hundreds of local households and supplies food for local farmers markets.
Unfortunately, a lot of companies like this, with fewer than 20 employees, were left out of previous rounds of small-business relief. Too many mom-and-pop businesses and too many minority-owned businesses were left behind, while larger, well-connected businesses got funds quickly.
The President and the Vice President have made it a top priority to ensure that this round of small business relief is distributed more equitably and that the companies that may not have gotten relief before have a shot at getting relief now. So, today we want to share some early results of how this administration is already making good on that commitment. quoted from
MR. RAMAMURTI: Good afternoon. Earlier today, the President had the chance to visit a couple of small businesses here in town. One is a locally owned hardware store that’s been around for 150 years. The other, which leases part of the same space, is an urban farm that was founded just eight years ago.
Like other small businesses across the country, these companies help serve their communities. The hardware store sponsors Little League teams and holds events with the Cub Scouts. The urban farm serves hundreds of local households and supplies food for local farmers markets.
Unfortunately, a lot of companies like this, with fewer than 20 employees, were left out of previous rounds of small-business relief. Too many mom-and-pop businesses and too many minority-owned businesses were left behind, while larger, well-connected businesses got funds quickly.
The President and the Vice President have made it a top priority to ensure that this round of small business relief is distributed more equitably and that the companies that may not have gotten relief before have a shot at getting relief now. So, today we want to share some early results of how this administration is already making good on that commitment. quoted from
Banning Major and Champ from the White House is a bunch of malarkey
Mar. 10 - (CNN)Come on, man! The first shelter dog to live in the White House, Major the German Shepherd, has entered and exited as if through a revolving door. As someone in one of the nearly 60% (depending on who you ask) US households that own a pet, I'm not happy with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's decision to send Major and his older companion, Champ, back to Delaware after an apparent "biting incident." continue to read
Mar. 10 - (CNN)Come on, man! The first shelter dog to live in the White House, Major the German Shepherd, has entered and exited as if through a revolving door. As someone in one of the nearly 60% (depending on who you ask) US households that own a pet, I'm not happy with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's decision to send Major and his older companion, Champ, back to Delaware after an apparent "biting incident." continue to read
President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Mar 8, 2021.
In message to China, Biden to meet Australia, India, Japan PMs
Mar. 10 - WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will hold first-ever joint talks on Friday (Mar 12) with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, boosting an emerging four-way alliance often cast as a bulwark against China.
It will be one of the first summits, albeit in virtual format, for Biden, who has vowed to revive US alliances in the wake of the disarray of Donald Trump's administration.
"That President Biden has made this one of his earliest multilateral engagements speaks to the importance that we place on close cooperation with our allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific," White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday.
Amid rising tensions with China, it will mark the first meeting at the leaders' level of the so-called "Quad".
Both Psaki and India, which earlier announced the participation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that the talks would take up climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic - two key priorities for Biden. continue to read
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In message to China, Biden to meet Australia, India, Japan PMs
Mar. 10 - WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will hold first-ever joint talks on Friday (Mar 12) with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, boosting an emerging four-way alliance often cast as a bulwark against China.
It will be one of the first summits, albeit in virtual format, for Biden, who has vowed to revive US alliances in the wake of the disarray of Donald Trump's administration.
"That President Biden has made this one of his earliest multilateral engagements speaks to the importance that we place on close cooperation with our allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific," White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday.
Amid rising tensions with China, it will mark the first meeting at the leaders' level of the so-called "Quad".
Both Psaki and India, which earlier announced the participation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that the talks would take up climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic - two key priorities for Biden. continue to read
Related Article:
The US’ greatest asset in East Asia may be Japan
Biden administration singles out China as 'biggest geopolitical test' for USIndia, China foreign ministers to set up hotline as border crisis eases
