Ask the Cultural Psychiatrist—Charles Johnston MD

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The work of Charles Johnston brings big-picture perspective to today’s most critical challenges. Dr. Johnston describes how our times are demanding an essential kind of “growing up’ as a species—a new Cultural Maturity. Here he invites you to engage with him about questions that arise from your efforts to make sense of today’s easily confusing realities.

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Understanding Today's Needed "New Common Sense"

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#1 - Conversations on the Future

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#2 - Human Purpose and the Evolution of Narrative

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#3 - Today's Needed New Common Sense

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#4 - Ideology and the Mythologizing of Truth

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#5 - Cultural Maturity's Cognitive Reordering

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#6 - Parts Work and Cultural Maturity’s Necessary Cognitive Rewiring

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More Understanding Today's Needed "New Common Sense" - Beyond Polarized Belief

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#13 - Rethinking Leadership —A Third Broad Topic

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#14 - Not Just What We Think, But How We Think

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#15 - The Why of Social Discord

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#16 - Confronting the Roots of War

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#17 - Confronting Climate Change

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#18 - The Health Care Delivery Crisis

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Front Page News Reflections

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Afghanistan, Billionaires in Space, and the Opioid Crisis

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Lessons From the Pandemic

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How Social Media Algorithms Undermine Truth and Make Social Polarization Almost Inevitable

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Lessons From the News Itself

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Rethinking Artificial Intelligence

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Responding to Your Questions

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Optimism, Pessimism, and a Compare-and-Contrast Look at Cultural Maturity

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Health Care Consequences of Today’s Crisis of Purpose

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Challenging Long-Term, Big-Picture Perspective

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If Culturally Mature Understanding Is “Common Sense,” Why is It Such a Challenge?

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Am I Missing Something?: Responding To a Couple Discord-Related Objections

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The Concept of Transitional Absurdity

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