Kirstin Werner

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." - Ray Bradbury

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

The goal of a great discussion isn't to land on the same page. It’s to explore different views.

Nods and smiles stroke your ego and close your mind. Thoughtful questions stoke your curiosity and stretch your thinking.

Consensus makes you comfortable. Dissent makes you smarter.

[Kirstin Werner @ALittlStitious]

I’ve never directly appealed to a company before, but this is important: @netflix Please put Palm Trees in the Snow back on Netflix. I BEG you #palmtreesinthesnow #palmerasenlanieve

[Kirstin Werner @ALittlStitious]

@CharacterGap Can’t Get Enough of Myself - Santigold

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

An easy way to pick the wrong career is to put your image above your interests and identity.

A motivating job isn't the one that makes you look important. It's the one that makes you feel alive.

Meaningful work isn't about impressing others. It's about expressing your values.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

A mark of an open mind is being more committed to your curiosity than to your convictions.

The goal of learning is not to shield old views against new facts. It's to revise old views to incorporate new facts.

Ideas are possibilities to explore, not certainties to defend.

[Kirstin Werner @ALittlStitious]

Just mixed “don’t be afraid to reach out” with “feel free to reach out” so I told them “Don’t feel free to reach out” 🤦🏽‍♀️ Happy Monday!

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

A word from #MLK that we will remember and focus on in 2022:

[Kirstin Werner @ALittlStitious]

@AndrewScholz #MakeAmericaFetaAgain

[Kirstin Werner @ALittlStitious]

How I imagine record label executives every time I see “love” written as “luv” for a song title:

[Angel Eduardo @StrangelEdweird]

“The way to break an echo chamber is not to wave ‘the facts’ in the faces of its members. It is to attack the echo chamber at its root and repair that broken trust.”

This, by @add_hawk, is excellent. And shows how #starmanning can help us break through.
https://t.co/N4dosOryua

[Kirstin Werner @ALittlStitious]

@BookBub A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

[Kevin R Kosar @kevinrkosar]

A major stupidity of politics is when parties/officials stake out a position, gain support for it, then hold to that position even when new facts indicate they were wrong. The players feel they have to stay the course for fear of a backlash for changing thier positions.

[Milwaukee Business Journal @MKEBizJournal]

Epic night in @cityofmilwaukee, epic photos of @bucks #NBAChampionship from our staff. Check them out: Scenes from inside @FiservForum as Milwaukee Bucks claim first @NBA title in 50 years #NBAFinals2021 https://t.co/aztN4aJvFv

[Richard V. Reeves @RichardvReeves]

"Lies and honest mistakes": In which I argue that our epistemic crisis is essentially ethical and so are its solutions https://t.co/t4DlAHK1NE via @aeonmag

[Richard V. Reeves @RichardvReeves]

My essay on why truthfulness is more important, ethically speaking, than truth https://t.co/t4DlAHK1NE

[Fordham Institute @educationgadfly]

Far too many Americans do not have a strong grasp of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that are essential to informed citizenship. Fordham's latest review of the states’ civics and US history standards makes it clear why. https://t.co/Tl1DTuw8Vt

[Fordham Institute @educationgadfly]

Far too many Americans do not have a strong grasp of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that are essential to informed citizenship. Fordham's latest review of the states’ civics and US history standards makes it clear why. https://t.co/uAPLYD8vgh

[Richard V. Reeves @RichardvReeves]

Strong @Noahpinion piece on losing faith the future. https://t.co/bHEpApV2AA. I wrote on a similar theme in an essay for @GuardianUS https://t.co/r1XeYNTegm. Snippet here:

[Kirstin Werner @ALittlStitious]

Fantastic discussion hosted by Brookings today!

The constitution of knowledge: A defense of truth https://t.co/NajNguZufV via @BrookingsInst

[Kirstin Werner @ALittlStitious]

@meganisahippie Keep the color but get lighter, more breathable fabrics. Then causally work a black parasol into your aesthetic