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James Fishkin is the Janet M. Peck Chair in International Communication at Stanford University where he directs the Center for Deliberative Democracy.
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Is the Climate Crisis Just Too Hot for Us to Handle?
Probably not—if we give citizens a way to talk to each other without the polarizing labels.