# The antidote to apathy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxToronto 2010
- Speaker: Dave Meslin
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Local politics -- schools, zoning, council elections -- hit us where we live. So why don't more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. He identifies 7 barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities, even when we truly care.

## Lectures

1. [The antidote to apathy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy/9d74855fc7dc), 7 min (TED's player)