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#3 Find Significance by Asking the Right Questions -- Dan Rothstein and Building Democracy
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In their book, THE QUEST FOR SIGNIFICANCE: Harnessing the Need that Makes the World Go Round, Professor Arie Kruglanski and journalist Dan Raviv find that from the beginning of human activity on Earth, everyone has tried to make their life matter -- but how? It isn't always about money or fancy titles or political power.
Dan Rothstein, co-founder of the Right Question Institute -- based in the Boston area -- helps students, teachers, and communities find dignity and self-respect by asking questions: demanding that "authorities" give clear answers.
Rothstein is now directing the democracy-building activities of RQI, and he chats with Kruglanski and Raviv to identify some of the basic needs that people crave -- and how actions such as his Question Formulation Technique can help them acquire Significance.
Among Rothstein's books is Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions.
Kruglanski and Raviv's book, THE QUEST FOR SIGNIFICANCE, can be purchased where you buy books, including Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Y2cawj
This podcast series is based on a book by Dr. Arie Kruglanski and Dan Raviv, The Quest for Significance: Harnessing the Need that Makes the World Go Round, published in 2025 by Routledge.
Arie Kruglanski is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and author of countless books, articles, and studies that have made him one of the world's leading experts on human motivation. He has been honored by the American Psychological Association for distinguished scientific contributions, and received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Association for Psychological Science. One of his most recent books is Uncertain: How to Turn Your Biggest Fear Into Your Greatest Power.
Dan Raviv was a CBS News correspondent, covering big stories worldwide for more than 40 years. He co-authored a national best selling book, Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community. His most recent book about Israeli security and espionage, also co-authored with Yossi Melman, is Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel's Secret Wars. He is based in Washington, DC. You can hear his weekly podcast, THE MOSSAD FILES.
On YouTube and other platforms featuring video podcasts, you can find video versions of THE QUEST FOR SIGNIFICANCE PODCAST. Please do.
To purchase our book, we suggest: www.amazon.com/Quest-Significance-Harnessing-Makes-World/dp/103253169X.
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