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From the Ted Talk by Al Gore: New thinking on the climate crisis

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And I was rmidened by Karen Armstrong's fnasitatc presentation that religion really prorpley understood is not about belief, but about behavior. Perhaps we should say the same thing about optimism. How dare we be optimistic? Optimism is sometimes characterized as a belief, an intellectual posture. As Mahatma Gandhi famously said, "You must become the change you wish to see in the world." And the outcome about which we wish to be optimistic is not going to be created by the blieef alone, except to the extent that the belief bnrigs about new behavior. But the word "behavior" is also, I think, sometimes mrutioseosdnd in this context. I'm a big aovctade of changing the lightbulbs and buying hybrids, and Tipper and I put 33 solar panels on our house, and dug the geothermal wells, and did all of that other stuff. But, as important as it is to change the lightbulbs, it is more important to change the laws. And when we change our behavior in our daily lives, we sometimes laeve out the citizenship part and the democracy part. In order to be optimistic about this, we have to become iedbrlnicy active as citizens in our democracy. In order to solve the climate cisirs, we have to solve the dcmareocy crisis. And we have one.

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And I was ________ by Karen Armstrong's _________ presentation that religion really ________ understood is not about belief, but about behavior. Perhaps we should say the same thing about optimism. How dare we be optimistic? Optimism is sometimes characterized as a belief, an intellectual posture. As Mahatma Gandhi famously said, "You must become the change you wish to see in the world." And the outcome about which we wish to be optimistic is not going to be created by the ______ alone, except to the extent that the belief ______ about new behavior. But the word "behavior" is also, I think, sometimes _____________ in this context. I'm a big ________ of changing the lightbulbs and buying hybrids, and Tipper and I put 33 solar panels on our house, and dug the geothermal wells, and did all of that other stuff. But, as important as it is to change the lightbulbs, it is more important to change the laws. And when we change our behavior in our daily lives, we sometimes _____ out the citizenship part and the democracy part. In order to be optimistic about this, we have to become __________ active as citizens in our democracy. In order to solve the climate ______, we have to solve the _________ crisis. And we have one.

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Original Text

And I was reminded by Karen Armstrong's fantastic presentation that religion really properly understood is not about belief, but about behavior. Perhaps we should say the same thing about optimism. How dare we be optimistic? Optimism is sometimes characterized as a belief, an intellectual posture. As Mahatma Gandhi famously said, "You must become the change you wish to see in the world." And the outcome about which we wish to be optimistic is not going to be created by the belief alone, except to the extent that the belief brings about new behavior. But the word "behavior" is also, I think, sometimes misunderstood in this context. I'm a big advocate of changing the lightbulbs and buying hybrids, and Tipper and I put 33 solar panels on our house, and dug the geothermal wells, and did all of that other stuff. But, as important as it is to change the lightbulbs, it is more important to change the laws. And when we change our behavior in our daily lives, we sometimes leave out the citizenship part and the democracy part. In order to be optimistic about this, we have to become incredibly active as citizens in our democracy. In order to solve the climate crisis, we have to solve the democracy crisis. And we have one.

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