Dr. Alan Scarrow

Neurosurgeon

[Dr. Alan Scarrow @DrScarrow]

Hope you enjoy my latest podcast. 3 weeks until American Cultural Shifts is released!

https://t.co/rKnOcXYQhU

[Dr. Alan Scarrow @DrScarrow]

I hope you enjoy my latest podcast.

https://t.co/rKnOcXYQhU

[Dr. Alan Scarrow @DrScarrow]

If ever there was a need for a transcendent leader to help regain public trust, it's now. The good news is that we’ve done this before. Lincoln became that leader in the 1860s, Roosevelt in the 1940s. Is it naive to hope there is someone capable of similar transcendence today?

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This week it was reported that President Biden recently met with several historians and journalists to discuss the likelihood of another civil war in the U.S. Comparisons were made to the 1850s when the drumbeat for secession began,

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29% of Democrats and 9% of Republicans say they trust the government to do what is right most of the time, also the lowest in recorded history. When trust erodes, so does truth. Singular truth gets replaced by versions of the truth.

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A conversation with Father Suresh Samala on his views concerning religion in today's climate and the cultural shifts that affect the practice.

https://t.co/rKnOcXYQhU

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Here's part 2 of my conversation about racism and culture with American history professor Dr. Marlin Barber, Daniel Ogunyemi and Ernie Moore. Hope you enjoy!

https://t.co/rKnOcXYQhU

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and found a better way forward. Unfortunately, that’s a headline that will never go viral…but should.

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As if the calendars of the ironically named UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program and the less ironically named Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol were carefully synchronized.

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played by the few at the extremes over the heads of the majority in the middle. Still, being afraid of war and starting a war aren't the same. While history is replete with civil wars, there's more examples that were avoided when the majority got fed up with the status quo.

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Hello, here's the latest from my podcast. In this episode of American Cultural Shifts, American history professor Dr. Marlin Barber, Daniel Ogunyemi, Ernie Moore and Dr. Scarrow discuss past and current racism, current culture, etc.

https://t.co/rKnOcXYQhU

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Democracies require negotiation, compromise, and concessions. Setbacks are inevitable, victories are often partial and when done right, progress is far from rapid.

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There is a notion in our culture today that change must happen rapidly. Computer chip semiconductors double in capacity every two years. World economic growth, the volume of human intelligence, and agriculture output historically doubles at regular intervals.

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Change is necessary but rapid political change ends in chaos. Our form of representative government was designed to find a moderate middle ground on tough issues that result in necessary change without threatening our social and economic stability.