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So what?: Reflections on Purpose

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Today is my birthday and I'm reflecting. I've been thinking about why I do the work that I do. I find that all of my answers relate to a question we hear frequently at the Public Conversations Project: "So what?"

"They are just words….so what? So you help people play nice: What difference does it really make?"

I often find myself scratching my head when this question comes up because—to me—the connection between words and other kinds of action seems so self-evident.