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Reality Tells Me What To Do
Welcome to the second of eight posts that, together, provide an overview of my new book, Peacebuilding Starts at Home which will be published in early…
Sep 19
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Chip hauss
Start Where You Are
Welcome to the first of eight posts that, together, provide an overview of my new book, Peacebuilding Starts at Home which will be published in early…
Sep 10
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Chip hauss
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Learning from Derek Sivers
Peacebuilding Starts at Home will be published in early November which means that the blog posts I write between now and then will discuss each of its…
Sep 2
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Chip hauss
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August 2025
Hiding in Plain Sight
My friend David Sloan Wilson likes to say that instances of prosocial behavior exist everywhere but, unfortunately, they are also hiding in plain sight.
Aug 27
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Chip hauss
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The is No Right Answer
In the last few weeks, I have had to revisit two of the most important lessons I learned when I started teaching comparative politics classes exactly…
Aug 19
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Chip hauss
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Connecting--Dots, Tissue, and Neighbors
When I moved my newsletter to Substack, I had to give it a title.
Aug 12
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Chip hauss
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Listening for (a) Change--Take 2
Last week, two strands of my life unexpectedly came together in ways that will take our Peacebuilding Starts at Home work forward in unexpected ways.
Aug 5
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Chip hauss
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July 2025
Remembering Tom Lehrer
Last week, I told myself that I would only write about issues that touched on peacebuilding starts at home in my blog.
Jul 29
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Chip hauss
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The Adjacent Possible and Peacebuilding
Just about two years ago, I published a blog post that revolved around the idea of the adjacent possible. Then, I was interested in how it helped me…
Jul 22
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Chip hauss
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Listening for (a) Change
I hadn’t thought about the importance of listening in social change work until recently.
Jul 15
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Chip hauss
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Rethinking July 4th
I have never particularly been a fan of July 4.
Jul 8
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Chip hauss
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Peace, Tech, Business, AI
I took a week off from book production and promotion to focus on another and increasingly related obsession—creating a for-profit peacebuilding sector…
Jul 1
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Chip hauss
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