In this episode, we will identify some of the ways that behaviors inherited from our primate ancestors got (largely) unintentionally built into our political (and other) systems over many centuries, and what the consequences of that are today.
In 2016 I was invited to speak at the Barnes Foundation, hosted by The Philadelphia Citizen, along with two other interesting mayors, John Fetterman and Lovely Warren about disrupting the status quo. Before the event, I also spoke with Nick Taliaferro of WURD about budget transparency and civic engagement in […]
We will explore the concepts of self, free will, and consciousness to help better understand the common denominator of nearly every issue we face today – a fundamental misunderstanding of how our minds work. This is part one of two. First we will identify false assumptions about how we form ideas, […]
I joined, Vin Gopal, NJ State Senator 11th District and Robert Pallitto, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Seton Hall University to talk about civic engagement, polarization, and social media. We have some serious hurdles in front of us with regard to how we better structure the technology that […]
Our nation’s public institutions are failing to be the proactive, thoughtful, strategic forces for good that they were founded to be. Let’s do something about that.
This is a special edition series from Rethinking. Based on the demand and interest right now from people who want to learn more about getting involved and becoming more influential, or a decision maker, in government, I decided to create this free, nonpartisan, totally open overview. This may be valuable […]
From serving as mayor (non party affiliated) of his hometown of South Orange at age 23, a municipal business administrator, founder of a digital consulting firm, an emergency management director and volunteer EMT, and as a graduate level adjunct professor, management consultant, mentor and speaker, Alex Torpey brings together his uniquely diverse experiences to help provide us a platform to rethink the future of our communities, our republic, and ourselves.
