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Civic Renaissance with Alexandra Hudson

Gracious Reader,

A very Happy New Year to you! May this year be filled with understanding, meaningful relationships, prosperity, and moments that inspire. I am excited to continue growing our Civic Renaissance community and to spread the vital message of civility as a cornerstone for building a more harmonious world.

I’m delighted to share that I had the opportunity to discuss some of the ideas we’ve explored together here at Civic Renaissance—and in my book, The Soul of Civility—with an international audience on MSNBC. The experience inspired me to revisit and share a past Civic Renaissance post on the profound role of conflict in fostering deep and meaningful relationships.

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Share this with someone in your life with whom you’ve had conflict of late—and remind them (and yourself) that conflict doesn’t have to be the end of a relationship but can actually strengthen it.

I have a confession to make.

I’m not very good at personal conflict.

At least, this is true for me historically. I like t

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Civic Renaissance with Alexandra Hudson

Gracious reader,

We spent a nostalgic few days in New Haven! It was wonderful to see old friends and make new ones as I spoke at Yale Law School as part of their “Crossing Divides” program. Prof. Tony Kronman and I engaged in a dialogue about The Soul of Civilitybefore joining YLS students for lunch to continue the conversation. Later in the evening, I spoke to undergraduates at The Buckley Institute, where Greg Collins interviewed me about the book. I adored the enriching conversations with students all day long—my heart is full!

In our deeply divided times, it’s all too easy to view those who disagree with us as not just wrong, but morally deficient. Yet, when does an intellectual failing cross the line into a moral one?

In this repost, I revisit the insights of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who argued that stupidity—not malice—poses a greater threat to society. Stupidity, as Bonhoeffer saw it, cannot be reasoned with and is far more dangerous than the malice we can confront.

Drawing on Bonhoeffer’s reflections and my own experie

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Jason Padgett

American acquired savant

Jason D. Padgett is an American artist diagnosed with alleged acquired savant syndrome. He was born in 1970 in Anchorage, Alaska. As a young man, he dropped out of Tacoma Community College and worked as a salesman for his father's futon company. On the night of September 13, 2002, Padgett was attacked and robbed by two men outside a karaoke bar. This attack is purported to have changed his brain activity.

Early life

Padgett was born and raised in Alaska. When he was 9 years old, his parents divorced and Padgett moved with his mother and brother to the small town of Cantwell, Alaska. As a young man, he bungee jumped at least 30 times, skydived nineteen times, scuba dived with sharks, and earned a brown belt in karate.^[1] He soon dropped out of community college to sell futons full time.

Attack

On September 13, 2002, Padgett went out to a local karaoke bar with his friends in Tacoma, Washington. As he was leaving the bar, he was hit on the back of the head. He saw a white light, felt dizzy, fell down, and l