If deep change depended solely on outside intervention it would never happen.

There's a real sweet spot between challenge and hope - leaders make pathways that keep both firmly in view.

Abstraction is the enemy of meaning.

Hope is the belief in the probability of the possible rather than the necessity of the probable.

If deep change depended solely on outside intervention it would never happen.

Movements have narratives. They tell stories, because they are not just about rearranging economics and politics. They also rearrange meaning. And they're not just about redistributing the goods. They're about figuring out what is good.

Storytelling may be what most distinguishes social movements from interest groups.