In a recent op-ed in the Times Colonist, Lisa Helps, the Mayor of Victoria, cited I’m Right and You’re an Idiot in her request for residents to engage in open dialogue to solve the city’s homelessness issue. The presence of a tent city in downtown Victoria has generated incredibly polarizing, divisive commentary from […]
Last night, James Hoggan officially launch his new book I’m Right and You’re an Idiot. In front of a sold out crowd, Hoggan shared insights from his journey into the question of why public discourse has become so corrosive and what we can do to change it? Photographers captured highlights from […]
The following is an excerpt from I’m Right and You’re an Idiot. It comes from the chapter “Like Ships in the Night” with Daniel Yankelovich. Yankelovich is a pioneer in public opinion research and a social scientist. Surveying public attitudes since the 1950s, Yankelovich has been called the “founding father of public […]
James Hoggan and Shauna Sylvester, the executive director for the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University, joined CBC BC’s Almanac podcast to discuss I’m Right and You’re and Idiot, and the state of public discourse. Over the course of the program, Hoggan and Sylvester speak about the predicament we currently find […]
In a recent interview with The Tyee, James Hoggan commented on the effects polarizing debates have on us, and what we can do to put an end to them. This are primary subjects of his new book, I’m Right and You’re an Idiot. When asked if journalism can alter the alarming […]
The following is an excerpt from I’m Right and You’re an Idiot. It comes from the chapter with Jason Stanley. Stanley is a professor of philosophy and epistemology at Yale, he teaches courses on democracy and propaganda; but he also explores new ideas and techniques about mass deception that are directly related […]
In the Age of the Internet, managing your reputation has become more complex. Here’s why: “Negative media is much worse today than it was decades ago. Back then, bad press would last a day or two, maybe more depending on how controversial the subject was—or if it was poorly handled. […]
In a Facebook post, Dr. Edward Maibach, a distinguished professor of communications at George Mason University, recently shared some kind words on the upcoming release of I’m Right and You’re an Idiot. “My dear friend James Hoggan — who is one of the world’s great communications strategists — will soon be releasing his latest […]
Dr. Renee Lertzman, who contributed her knowledge and expertise to I’m Right and You’re an Idiot, has offered some gracious words about the book. In a Facebook post, Lertzman called I’m Right and You’re an Idiot a “primer to the most soulful, deep current thinking about how we resolve these issues [climate […]
Douglas Todd, a columnist for the Vancouver Sun interviewed James Hoggan earlier this week. While reading I’m Right and You’re an Idiot, Todd was particularly struck by the chapter featuring American psychologist Jonathan Haidt. Haidt asserts humans are programmed to be tribal, and that although this is a powerful drive, it […]