• As Joanna Macy reminds us, "Information by itself can increase resistance [to engagement], deepening the sense of apathy and powerlessness." Stories about particular individuals and specific situations usually have the opposite effect. By giving unwieldy problems a human face, they also bring them down to a human-and thus manageable-scale.

    Paul Rogat Loeb: As Joanna Macy reminds us, "Information by itself can increase resistance [to engagement], deepening the sense of apathy and powerlessness."  Stories about particular individuals and specific situations usually have the opposite effect.  By giving unwieldy problems a human face, they also bring them down to a human-and thus manageable-scale.
    Paul Rogat Loeb (2010). “Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times”, p.127, St. Martin's Griffin