ReConsider’s Core Values and Beliefs

Xander here. I’ll be honest — we haven’t been great at keeping our Medium account up to date in the last couple of years. We’re trying to change that. So if you follow us on Medium, thank you very much for reading. We’re working on a full brand update this year, so there’s more coming.

Core Values and Beliefs

At ReConsider, we’re building a community of curious, rational, data-driven people united not by agreeing on every issue in politics, but in a way of approaching the issues with a desire to learn, problem-solve, and drive progress together. We seek to provoke and nurture great conversations, and teach our community the skills to understand each other, find shared values, and learn together. Learn a bit more about the team here.

Our Core Beliefs

• Deep down most people share similar desires for their lives and the world, preferring to work together rather than be divided
• Great ideas, clearly expressed, can dramatically improve culture and government
• Curiously seeking mutual understanding will enable us to find common ground and make real progress
• Great potential to improve exists everywhere, and we have the power to realize it

Our Core Values

• We do not tell others what they are supposed to think
• We challenge our own biases and aim for transparency
• We seek to challenge conventional and personal beliefs, and to believe only what unbiased data reveal to be true
• We start by finding agreement with others on first principles and core values
• We readily admit error and change our beliefs accordingly
• We maintain respect for those that disagree with us

Articles

• Publish simple, approachable media meant to challenge core assumptions
• Create simple exercises and prompts to jump-start great political conversations
• Read on here.

Podcast

• Challenge the conventional wisdom on critical political issues
• Arm listeners with the tools to think thoroughly about the issues they face in the future
• Listen to our podcast episodes here.

Publications

• Increase understanding of the challenges in democratic politics and political dialogue
• Dive more deeply into topics where we can increase understanding of each others’ positions
• Teach the skills and mindsets of effective, enjoyable political dialogue
• Read Erik Fogg and Nat Greene’s book Wedged: How You Became a Tool of the Partisan Political Establishment, and How to Start Thinking for Yourself Again

Originally published at https://reconsidermedia.com.